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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Girdwood, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Girdwood in the 24 hours to 7:18 am AKST (16:18 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 8 km (5 mi) SE, at 10:01 am AKDT on 19 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Girdwood
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) south of Girdwood, AK, at 11:54 am AKDT on 10 October 2020 (19:54 UTC), 14 km deep.
USGS: 11 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska
83 km (52 mi) SSE of Anchorage, AK
- When
- 11:54 am AKDT on 10 October 2020 ()
- Where
- 44 km (27 mi) south of Girdwood, AK · earthquakes near Girdwood
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anchorage Municipality, 69 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2212 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Girdwood, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 4.2 on 2020-06-18 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.6 3 km SW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 47 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.7 13 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 30 km N of this epicentre
- 5.6 17 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 25 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 16 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 24 km NNE 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 60.5514, -149.2055. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 69 km (43 mi) | N | earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality |
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.
- 1.5 10 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska
- 1.8 10 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska
- 1.6 12 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska
- 1.6 14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska
- 1.6 35 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska
- 1.6 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
- 1.7 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
- 1.8 21 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska
- 2.7 3 km W of Hope, Alaska
- 1.6 17 km SW of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.5 20 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.7 7 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska
- 2.0 6 km E of Hope, Alaska
- 1.5 7 km ESE of Sunrise, Alaska
- 1.9 9 km SSW of Hope, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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