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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near College, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in College in the 24 hours to 9:48 am AKST (18:48 UTC). The last one was M 5.6, 247 km (153 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 College
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) west-northwest of College, AK, at 6:47 pm AKDT on 15 August 2026 (02:47 UTC), 9.4 km deep.
USGS: 30 km ESE of Minto, Alaska
- When
- 6:47 pm AKDT on 15 August 2026 ()
- Where
- 49 km (30 mi) west-northwest of College, AK · earthquakes near College
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, 114 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 88 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In College, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 4.5 on 2019-04-11 — about 32,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 36 km E of Minto, Alaska · 16 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6 km NW of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 46 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.2 14 km E of Minto, Alaska · 18 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.0 14 km E of Minto, Alaska · 20 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 65.0490, -148.7370. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 114 km (71 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
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.3 13 km W of Ester, Alaska
- 1.1 7 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.7 28 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.4 27 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 2.0 13 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.4 33 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.6 21 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.4 31 km SSE of Minto, Alaska
- 2.1 11 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.4 18 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.8 7 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.0 21 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.4 21 km NE of Minto, Alaska
- 1.3 19 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska
- 1.3 32 km E of Minto, 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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