M 3.7 earthquake – 237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
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Local time: Jan 23, 2018 · 01:56 (UTC-9)
MinorShallow · 20 km
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- Magnitude
- 3.7body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 20 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 56.107, -149.520569 km from Anchorage
- Energy released
- 5.4 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 500M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 211USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jan 23, 2018.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 5.4 tons of TNT, 89 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
500 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 3.9 224 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.8 231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.9 233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.9 216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.5 236 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.7 238 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.4 231 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 5.0 228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.1 233 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.3 210 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 7.9 261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 7.9 Kodiak Island region, Alaska Oct 9, 1900
- 7.0 153 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska Dec 23, 1906
- 6.9 47 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska Jan 10, 2001
- 6.8 100 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska Jun 19, 1986
- 6.8 17 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska Sep 4, 1965
- 6.7 120 km S of Akhiok, Alaska Apr 10, 1957
- 6.6 124 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska Apr 23, 1968
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.
- 7.9 261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.9 221 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 5.0 246 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.4 239 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.3 253 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.8 245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.7 225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.5 256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.3 249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.5 228 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.2 248 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 4.2 250 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.2 225 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.6 230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.7 213 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.8 234 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018
- 3.5 230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Jan 23, 2018