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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

141 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 141 km SSE of Adak, Alaska at 10:51 UTC on 2019-10-31, 30 km deep.

· 30 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
30 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest mapped fault
Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, 17 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2492 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.0 on 2016-06-29 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.0 101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 159 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 20 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 92 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 49 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 166 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 48 km E of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 50.6946, -175.8789. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.3 179 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
  2. 1.7 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
  3. 2.0 160 km S of Adak, Alaska
  4. 2.1 135 km S of Adak, Alaska
  5. 1.6 100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
  6. 2.7 106 km SE of Adak, Alaska
  7. 2.0 100 km S of Adak, Alaska
  8. 1.9 105 km S of Adak, Alaska
  9. 4.5 146 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
  10. 3.0 109 km S of Adak, Alaska
  11. 1.9 100 km S of Adak, Alaska
  12. 2.5 115 km S of Adak, Alaska
  13. 2.8 113 km S of Adak, Alaska
  14. 2.5 112 km S of Adak, Alaska
  15. 1.6 98 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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