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M 2.9ml

Earthquake near Girdwood, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Girdwood in the 24 hours to 8:08 am AKST (17:08 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 2.9 earthquake was recorded in Girdwood, AK, at 9:47 am AKDT on 17 October 2025 (17:47 UTC), 19 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1 km W of Girdwood, Alaska

48 km (30 mi) SE of Anchorage, AK

9:47 am AKDT, Oct 17, 2025 · · 19 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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When
9:47 am AKDT on 17 October 2025 ()
Where
in Girdwood, AK · earthquakes near Girdwood
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity II (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Anchorage Municipality, 26 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 308 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 25 km (16 mi) from the epicentre. 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.

Likely felt in: Girdwood in town, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 4.5 on 2023-07-03 — about 250 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 22 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 50 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 21 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 28 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.7 13 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 14 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 17 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 24 km SSE of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 2 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 46 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 60.9444, -149.2027. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Anchorage Municipality, AK 26 km (16 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. 1.7 29 km S of Knik River, Alaska
  2. 1.7 15 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska
  3. 2.3 11 km NNW of Hope, Alaska
  4. 2.4 10 km N of Girdwood, Alaska
  5. 1.9 1 km W of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  6. 1.6 12 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  7. 3.2 14 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  8. 1.9 19 km S of Girdwood, Alaska
  9. 1.8 16 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska
  10. 2.3 7 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska
  11. 1.6 9 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska
  12. 1.5 8 km WNW of Girdwood, Alaska
  13. 2.2 6 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  14. 1.5 15 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska
  15. 1.6 6 km SW of Sunrise, 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.

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