87 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 87 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska, at 9:53 pm AKDT on 1 April 2026 (05:53 UTC), 22 km deep.

2026-04-02 05:53 UTC · 22 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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When: 2026-04-02 05:53 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.6 (ml)
Depth: 22 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 223 days ago · we first saw it 223 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 9 km (6 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.

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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.3 on 2022-08-01 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 33 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.6 92 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 38 km NE of this epicentre Feb 19, 2003
6.5 83 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 39 km NE of this epicentre Oct 30, 1946
6.5 81 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 48 km NE of this epicentre Feb 6, 1974
6.4 50 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 42 km N of this epicentre Mar 17, 1957
6.4 85 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 46 km NE of this epicentre Nov 20, 1957

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

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Aftershocks so far

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

2.5 95 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:53 UTC
2.5 101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:46 UTC
2.6 101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:35 UTC
2.6 94 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:22 UTC
3.5 90 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:19 UTC
2.5 99 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:17 UTC
2.7 77 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:15 UTC
2.4 101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 11:00 UTC
2.5 96 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 10:31 UTC
2.5 100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 10:30 UTC
2.6 86 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 10:17 UTC
2.9 85 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 10:14 UTC
2.8 69 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 10:10 UTC
3.5 88 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 10:03 UTC
3.0 81 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 09:59 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 18:55 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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