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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Girdwood, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Girdwood in the 24 hours to 9:57 am AKST (18:57 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) south-southeast of Girdwood, AK, at 7:28 am AKST on 11 December 2024 (16:28 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 24 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska
91 km (57 mi) SE of Anchorage, AK
- When
- 7:28 am AKST on 11 December 2024 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) south-southeast of Girdwood, AK · earthquakes near Girdwood
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anchorage Municipality, 71 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 673 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 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Girdwood, 45 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 22 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 44 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.3 27 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 48 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.0 21 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 45 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.8 29 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 44 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.7 13 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 33 km NNW 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 60.5705, -148.8561. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 71 km (44 mi) | NNW | 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.
- 2.2 7 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska
- 2.0 2 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska
- 2.0 36 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska
- 2.9 1 km W of Girdwood, Alaska
- 2.0 0 km WNW of Girdwood, Alaska
- 2.1 38 km E of Primrose, Alaska
- 2.6 17 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska
- 3.0 19 km E of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.5 12 km NE of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.6 20 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.9 16 km ENE of Primrose, Alaska
- 1.9 22 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.5 37 km NW of Chenega, Alaska
- 1.6 13 km SE of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.9 41 km NNW of Chenega, 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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