Earthquake near Anchor Point, AK

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) WNW of Anchor Point, AK, at 9:34 am AKDT on 30 September 2026 (17:34 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 5.6 on 2017-03-02 — about 250,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

1. 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 47 km SSE of this epicentre Jun 24, 1963
2. 6.4 75 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 48 km NNW of this epicentre Feb 7, 1988
3. 6.4 52 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 34 km W of this epicentre Jul 29, 2015
4. 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 35 km ENE of this epicentre Dec 24, 1931
5. 6.2 70 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 39 km NW of this epicentre Dec 17, 1968

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 59.8920, -152.5830. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 0.3 63 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 11:01 UTC
2. -0.8 64 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 08:32 UTC
3. -0.4 63 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 07:47 UTC
4. -1.2 64 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 06:24 UTC
5. 1.7 62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska 04:31 UTC
6. 1.9 54 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska 02:52 UTC
7. -0.7 63 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 01:13 UTC
8. -0.9 64 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 00:38 UTC
9. 1.9 65 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 00:15 UTC
10. 1.0 62 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 23:21 UTC
11. 0.4 60 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska 23:18 UTC
12. 2.1 55 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska 20:39 UTC
13. -0.7 65 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 20:06 UTC
14. 2.6 46 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska 19:28 UTC
15. -0.8 66 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 19:24 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 01:04 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

Revisions

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On USGS

• The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
• 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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