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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Bear Creek, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Bear Creek in the 24 hours to 7:11 am AKST (16:11 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 85 km (53 mi) W, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bear Creek
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 31 km (19 mi) northeast of Bear Creek, AK, at 1:51 pm AKDT on 13 September 2025 (21:51 UTC), 71 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 16 km ENE of Primrose, Alaska
- When
- 1:51 pm AKDT on 13 September 2025 ()
- Where
- 31 km (19 mi) northeast of Bear Creek, AK · earthquakes near Bear Creek
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 71 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anchorage Municipality, 89 km N
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 426 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Bear Creek, 31 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 4.4 on 2022-07-12 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.6 3 km SW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 34 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.8 29 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 39 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.8 33 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 34 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.7 13 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 49 km N of this epicentre
- 5.6 17 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 41 km N 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 60.3838, -149.0539. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 89 km (55 mi) | N | earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality |
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.
- 1.8 19 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.9 18 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 2.1 20 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.8 10 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska
- 1.9 15 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska
- 1.5 15 km W of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.7 17 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska
- 1.7 12 km W of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.7 20 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.6 19 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 2.0 17 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska
- 1.9 25 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska
- 1.7 19 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 2.0 21 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
- 1.7 20 km N 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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