Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Anchor Point, AK
USGS: 26 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- When
- 5:47 am AKDT on 1 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 26 km (16 mi) SW of Anchor Point, AK · earthquakes near Anchor Point
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 67 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kenai Peninsula Borough, 86 km N
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 35 hours ago
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 26 km (16 mi) SW of Anchor Point, AK, at 5:47 am AKDT on 1 October 2026 (13:47 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 710,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 14 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.2 16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 45 km N of this epicentre
- 6.0 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 Southern Alaska · 46 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 23 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 46 km N 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 59.6000, -152.1340. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 86 km (53 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
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 17 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- 2.6 46 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
- 1.9 33 km WSW of Nanwalek, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | 25 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska | 26 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska | |
| longitude | -152.14 | -152.13 | |
| latitude | 59.61 | 59.6 | |
| depth | 71.9 | 67.3 | |
| magnitude | 1.6 | 1.7 |
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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