M 5.3 earthquake – 115 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska
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Local time: Jul 2, 2019 · 20:38 (UTC-8)
ModerateShallow · 14 kmPAGER green
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- Magnitude
- 5.3moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 14 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 69.117, -144.687494 km from Fairbanks
- Energy released
- 1.3 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 1"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 4.1max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 36M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 432USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 12, 2018.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.3 kilotons of TNT, 2.8 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
36 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.6 115 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 2.5 117 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 2.8 117 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 2.6 118 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 2.8 115 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 2.5 114 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 3.0 northern Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 2.5 117 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 3.0 115 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
- 3.1 116 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Jul 3, 2019
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 6.4 89 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska Aug 12, 2018
- 6.0 73 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Aug 12, 2018
- 5.4 119 km WNW of Arctic Village, Alaska Aug 21, 2003
- 5.3 81 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska Aug 12, 2018
- 5.1 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Sep 18, 2018
- 5.1 77 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Aug 12, 2018
- 5.1 121 km NNW of Arctic Village, Alaska Nov 7, 2010
- 5.1 109 km SSE of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Aug 31, 1995