Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Anchor Point, AK
USGS: 27 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- When
- 12:22 am AKDT on 1 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 27 km (17 mi) WNW of Anchor Point, AK · earthquakes near Anchor Point
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 75 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, 55 km N
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 days ago
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) WNW of Anchor Point, AK, at 12:22 am AKDT on 1 October 2026 (08:22 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
- 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 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 42 km S of this epicentre
- 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 21 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.0 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 29 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 66 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 45 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 23 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 17 km NNE 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 59.8760, -152.2820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 55 km (34 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
- 2.1 55 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
- 2.6 46 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
- 1.7 26 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- 1.8 51 km W of Happy Valley, 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| longitude | -152.27 | -152.28 | |
| latitude | 59.87 | 59.88 | |
| depth | 75.6 | 74.9 | |
| magnitude | 1.7 | 2 |
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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