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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Girdwood, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Girdwood in the 24 hours to 3:14 am AKST (12:14 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) south of Girdwood, AK, at 8:06 am AKDT on 27 October 2022 (16:06 UTC), 8.6 km deep.
USGS: 17 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska
84 km (52 mi) SSE of Anchorage, AK
- When
- 8:06 am AKDT on 27 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 41 km (26 mi) south of Girdwood, AK · earthquakes near Girdwood
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anchorage Municipality, 67 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1457 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Girdwood, 41 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 2022-07-12 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 21 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 49 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.7 13 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 27 km N of this epicentre
- 5.6 17 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 20 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 16 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 19 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 60.5745, -149.1019. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 67 km (42 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.
- 1.6 16 km W of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.6 20 km S of Sunrise, Alaska
- 2.1 20 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.9 20 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.8 10 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska
- 1.6 18 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.8 12 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska
- 2.3 9 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska
- 1.5 7 km ENE of Hope, Alaska
- 1.6 43 km E of Primrose, Alaska
- 1.6 33 km ENE of Primrose, Alaska
- 1.5 40 km E of Primrose, Alaska
- 1.5 3 km ESE of Crown Point, Alaska
- 1.8 38 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska
- 1.6 3 km WSW of Moose Pass, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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