Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.5ml
60 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Denali Borough, 92 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Denali fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 9 hours ago
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 60 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska at 18:12 UTC on 2026-10-02. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
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 5.3 on 2016-05-15 — about 500,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.7 66 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 36 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 53 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 47 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.5 59 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 15 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.4 48 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 32 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.3 71 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 38 km ENE 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 63.0490, -151.2220. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Borough, AK | 92 km (57 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Denali Borough |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 124 km (77 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
- 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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