Earthquakes in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Anchorage Municipality was M 3.0, 10 km W of Hope, Alaska, 41 km (26 mi) SW of the centre of Anchorage Municipality, at 3:17 pm AKDT on 31 October 2026, 31 km deep. 1 person reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking at the centre of Anchorage Municipality was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 10 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Anchorage Municipality since.
In the last 24 hours, 2 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Anchorage Municipality; the largest was M 2.1, 7 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska, 48 km (30 mi) NNW of the centre of Anchorage Municipality, at 8:17 am AKST.
- Last 24 hours
- 2
- Last 7 days
- 7
- Last 30 days
- 22 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 53
- Last 12 months
- 342 · largest M 4.2 on 26 June 2026
- Since 2016
- 6,957 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 7.1 on 30 November 2018, 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Anchorage Municipality · shaking is estimated for the centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses
Typical QuakeIndex 52 / 100
5 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days within 50 km. Normal for here is 3 to 7 in a week.
Compared against Anchorage Municipality, Alaska's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- Expect aftershocks, and be ready to Drop, Cover, and Hold On if you feel one; if you are in a damaged building, go outside and move away from it (Ready.gov, FEMA; what to do during and after an earthquake)
- Near the coast, go inland or to higher ground as soon as strong shaking stops (Ready.gov); official warnings are on Tsunami.gov
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.
The last 30 days
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The centre is 61.174, -149.284, the Census internal point of Anchorage Municipality, Alaska from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity on this page is measured within 50 km of it — the dashed circle.
Largest on record nearby
The strongest shaking this record implies at the centre of Anchorage Municipality, Alaska is intensity VI (strong), from the M 7.1 of 2018, 41 km away. At that level nearly everyone notices; some objects fall and plaster can crack.
| Magnitude | When | Where | Shaking here (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 7.1 | 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · felt by 2,342 | VI · Strong | |
| M 5.8 | 7 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · felt by 122 | IV · Light | |
| M 5.3 | 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · felt by 2,970 | IV · Light | |
| M 5.3 | 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska | IV · Light | |
| M 5.2 | 6 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · felt by 79 | III · Weak | |
| M 5.1 | 0 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · felt by 234 | III · Weak | |
| M 5.0 | 7 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · felt by 1,073 | III · Weak | |
| M 5.0 | 8 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · felt by 2,525 | III · Weak |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above. Shaking is an estimate for the centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. Ground conditions change it locally; it is a description of the past, not a hazard rating.
Before 2016
The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of the centre of Anchorage Municipality, Alaska; the 8 largest:
- 6.0 21 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 39 km SE of the centre
- 5.7 13 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 40 km S of the centre
- 5.6 17 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 50 km SSE of the centre
- 5.5 2 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 21 km NW of the centre
- 5.5 26 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 49 km WSW of the centre
- 5.3 8 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 49 km NNW of the centre
- 5.3 13 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 13 km N of the centre
- 5.2 14 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 47 km W of the centre
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.
Town pages near Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
Eagle River 22 km · 16 M2.5+ named after it · Girdwood 27 km · 54 M2.5+ named after it · Anchorage 33 km · 923 M2.5+ named after it · Knik-Fairview 41 km · 33 M2.5+ named after it · Butte 43 km · 7 M2.5+ named after it · Palmer 48 km · 22 M2.5+ named after it
Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
Be ready
Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.
- Ready.gov: earthquakes (FEMA) — what to do before, during and after, including Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- Build a kit (FEMA) — water, food and supplies for several days; our summary
- USGS: preparedness — the hazard behind the advice, from the agency that records every quake on this page
- The Great ShakeOut — the yearly earthquake drill, with material for homes, schools and workplaces
- Tsunami.gov (NOAA) — the official tsunami warnings for the coast; a quake page here never stands in for one