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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Fritz Creek, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Fritz Creek in the 24 hours to 2:34 pm AKST (23:34 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 55 km (34 mi) NNE, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fritz Creek

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Fritz Creek, AK, at 12:41 am AKST on 15 December 2025 (09:41 UTC), 36 km deep.

USGS: 3 km W of Fox River, Alaska

12:41 am AKST, Dec 15, 2025 · · 36 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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When
12:41 am AKST on 15 December 2025 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) northeast of Fritz Creek, AK · earthquakes near Fritz Creek
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
36 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kenai Peninsula Borough, 92 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 303 days ago

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 Fritz Creek, 20 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 4.7 on 2021-10-16 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.0 31 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 46 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 8 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 14 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 7 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 22 km SSW 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 59.8540, -151.0270. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK 92 km (57 mi) NW earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.1 5 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska
  2. 2.0 11 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska
  3. 2.0 13 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska
  4. 1.9 14 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  5. 2.5 13 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
  6. 3.0 25 km SE of Fox River, Alaska
  7. 1.8 1 km NE of Fox River, Alaska
  8. 1.5 22 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  9. 1.6 20 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska
  10. 1.9 34 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
  11. 1.6 17 km S of Fox River, Alaska
  12. 1.7 8 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  13. 2.4 9 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska
  14. 3.4 15 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska
  15. 1.9 18 km SE of Clam Gulch, 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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