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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Healy, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Healy in the 24 hours to 4:33 am AKST (13:33 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 23 km (14 mi) NNE, at 4:13 pm AKST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Healy
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 38 km (23 mi) northwest of Healy, AK, at 11:32 am AKDT on 26 October 2021 (19:32 UTC), 145 km deep.
USGS: 24 km W of Ferry, Alaska
- When
- 11:32 am AKDT on 26 October 2021 ()
- Where
- 38 km (23 mi) northwest of Healy, AK · earthquakes near Healy
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 145 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Denali Borough, 45 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Northern Foothills thrust fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt), 17 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Healy, 38 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- 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 4.4 on 2021-06-19 — about 500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.4 23 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 45 km E of this epicentre
- 5.8 52 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 33 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.0 30 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 7 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 59 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 38 km WSW 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 64.0443, -149.6065. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Borough, AK | 45 km (28 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Denali 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.
- 2.0 45 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska
- 1.9 37 km W of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.5 45 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.9 23 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.7 27 km W of Anderson, Alaska
- 1.5 49 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.1 35 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.5 25 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.6 35 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska
- 1.5 Central Alaska
- 2.5 9 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.1 44 km WSW of Healy, Alaska
- 1.5 48 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.5 37 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska
- 3.0 22 km W of Denali Park, 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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