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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Anchorage, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Anchorage in the 24 hours to 9:09 am AKST (18:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 39 km (24 mi) SSW, at 4:48 pm AKDT on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 98 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Anchorage

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) southwest of Anchorage, AK, at 8:34 am AKST on 30 November 2025 (17:34 UTC), 45 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 23 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska

32 km (20 mi) SW of Anchorage, AK

8:34 am AKST, Nov 30, 2025 · · 45 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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When
8:34 am AKST on 30 November 2025 ()
Where
32 km (20 mi) southwest of Anchorage, AK · earthquakes near Anchorage
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
45 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Anchorage Municipality, 57 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 261 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Anchorage, 32 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 7.1 on 2018-11-30 — about 5,600,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 20 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.8 Southern Alaska · 46 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.8 4 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 44 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.8 24 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 40 km S of this epicentre
  4. 6.4 19 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 43 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 20 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 37 km NW 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 61.0030, -150.2840. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Anchorage Municipality, AK 57 km (35 mi) ENE earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 132 km (82 mi) WSW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough

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. 1.8 25 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska
  2. 1.8 22 km W of Anchorage, Alaska
  3. 2.1 14 km SW of Hope, Alaska
  4. 2.0 22 km NE of Beluga, Alaska
  5. 2.3 26 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska
  6. 2.0 24 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
  7. 2.1 23 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska
  8. 2.0 15 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska
  9. 2.1 22 km SW of Susitna, Alaska
  10. 2.2 12 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska
  11. 1.9 22 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska
  12. 2.1 21 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska
  13. 2.1 17 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska
  14. 2.1 17 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska
  15. 2.0 20 km SSE of Susitna, 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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