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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Ester, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Ester in the 24 hours to 6:52 am AKST (15:52 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 6 km (4 mi) SSW, at 9:07 pm AKST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Ester
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) west-northwest of Ester, AK, at 12:50 am AKST on 10 February 2026 (09:50 UTC), 26 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10 km WNW of Ester, Alaska
- When
- 12:50 am AKST on 10 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) west-northwest of Ester, AK · earthquakes near Ester
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 26 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, 85 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 196 days ago
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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 Ester, 11 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: College, Farmers Loop, Fairbanks.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 36 km E of Minto, Alaska · 35 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.7 15 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 35 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 3 km ESE of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 27 km E of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 35 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 20 km ENE 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 64.8990, -148.2020. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 85 km (53 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Fairbanks North Star Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 0.6 28 km SSW of Ester, Alaska
- 1.3 13 km W of Ester, Alaska
- 1.7 6 km SSW of Ester, Alaska
- 1.1 2 km NE of Fairbanks, Alaska
- 1.2 4 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska
- 1.2 3 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska
- 1.5 21 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska
- 1.4 33 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.2 11 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska
- 1.6 21 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 0.8 18 km NNW of Fox, Alaska
- 1.3 32 km E of Minto, Alaska
- 1.5 22 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.0 30 km W of Ester, Alaska
- 1.9 17 km S of South Van Horn, 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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