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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Anchor Point, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Anchor Point in the 24 hours to 5:24 am AKST (14:24 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 69 km (43 mi) NE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Anchor Point

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) east-southeast of Anchor Point, AK, at 12:37 pm AKST on 27 November 2021 (21:37 UTC), 53 km deep.

USGS: 5 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska

12:37 pm AKST, Nov 27, 2021 · · 53 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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When
12:37 pm AKST on 27 November 2021 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) east-southeast of Anchor Point, AK · earthquakes near Anchor Point
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
53 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 75 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1776 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Anchor Point, 5 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Diamond Ridge, Homer, Fritz Creek.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 5.3 on 2017-05-07 — about 89,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 41 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 31 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 46 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 23 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 36 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 7 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 31 km ESE 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 59.7513, -151.7530. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 75 km (47 mi) NNW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 27 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska
  2. 1.9 6 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska
  3. 1.7 7 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  4. 1.7 16 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  5. 1.6 5 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska
  6. 3.0 6 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska
  7. 2.3 25 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
  8. 1.7 25 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
  9. 1.6 17 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  10. 1.6 25 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
  11. 1.7 10 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
  12. 1.5 2 km SSE of Fritz Creek, Alaska
  13. 1.6 5 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska
  14. 1.8 21 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska
  15. 1.6 26 km WNW of Anchor Point, 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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