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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Sutton-Alpine, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Sutton-Alpine in the 24 hours to 10:32 pm AKST (07:32 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 100 km (62 mi) E, at 11:11 am AKDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 54 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Sutton-Alpine

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 38 km (24 mi) east of Sutton-Alpine, AK, at 1:07 am AKDT on 11 April 2018 (09:07 UTC), 5.7 km deep.

USGS: 16 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska

1:07 am AKDT, Apr 11, 2018 · · 5.7 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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When
1:07 am AKDT on 11 April 2018 ()
Where
38 km (24 mi) east of Sutton-Alpine, AK · earthquakes near Sutton-Alpine
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Anchorage Municipality, 86 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Castle Mountain fault, 13 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 1187 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Sutton-Alpine, 38 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 4.6 on 2018-01-27 — about 1,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.8 31 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 31 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 23 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 32 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 6.4 37 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 50 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 15 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 34 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.9 42 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 47 km SE 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 61.7443, -148.1767. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Anchorage Municipality, AK 86 km (54 mi) SW earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 90 km (56 mi) NW earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 20 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska
  2. 1.6 32 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska
  3. 1.7 32 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska
  4. 2.2 34 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska
  5. 2.9 42 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska
  6. 1.9 30 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska
  7. 1.5 21 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska
  8. 2.0 40 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska
  9. 1.9 9 km N of Glacier View, Alaska
  10. 1.7 21 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska
  11. 1.9 18 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska
  12. 1.5 43 km E of Knik River, Alaska
  13. 1.8 36 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska
  14. 1.8 25 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska
  15. 1.5 13 km SSW of Glacier View, 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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