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M 3.1ml

Earthquake near Badger, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Badger in the 24 hours to 6:49 pm AKST (03:49 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 258 km (160 mi) WSW, at 3:07 am AKDT on 15 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 107 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Badger

This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) east-northeast of Badger, AK, at 9:23 pm AKDT on 25 June 2026 (05:23 UTC), 17 km deep. 630 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km ENE of Badger, Alaska

9:23 pm AKDT, Jun 25, 2026 · · 17 km deep · released about 1,300 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
9:23 pm AKDT on 25 June 2026 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) east-northeast of Badger, AK · earthquakes near Badger
Magnitude
M 3.1 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
630 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Fairbanks North Star Borough, 47 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Atsaksovluk fault, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 58 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 38 km (24 mi) from the epicentre. In Badger, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Fairbanks 14 km, intensity II · Eielson Air Force Base 25 km, intensity II · Ester 29 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× more

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 2024-01-19 — about 2,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 Central Alaska · 36 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.7 15 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 21 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 3 km ESE of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 13 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 10 km SSW of Badger, Alaska · 16 km SW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 6 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 22 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 64.8300, -147.4110. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 47 km (29 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

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

  1. 1.6 24 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska
  2. 1.5 12 km ENE of Fox, Alaska
  3. 1.2 10 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska
  4. 1.6 11 km W of Salcha, Alaska
  5. 1.4 11 km ENE of Fox, Alaska
  6. 1.0 5 km NNW of Badger, Alaska
  7. 1.9 17 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska
  8. 1.9 16 km SSW of Badger, Alaska
  9. 1.4 10 km ENE of Fox, Alaska
  10. 1.5 11 km E of Fox, Alaska
  11. 1.5 23 km SSW of Badger, Alaska
  12. 1.2 8 km WSW of North Pole, Alaska
  13. 1.1 9 km ENE of Fox, Alaska
  14. 1.0 8 km SSE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
  15. 1.2 7 km ENE of Fox, 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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