Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.6ml
55 km E of Denali Park, Alaska
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 55 km E of Denali Park, Alaska, at 8:33 pm AKDT on 2 October 2026 (04:33 UTC), less than 1 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Denali Borough, 110 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Denali fault, 25 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 42 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 4.1 on 2022-11-16 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.9 2002 Denali Fault, Alaska Earthquake · 29 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.6 53 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 24 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.1 35 km E of Healy, Alaska · 29 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.1 77 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 29 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.1 78 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 30 km SE 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 63.7260, -147.7990. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denali Borough, AK | 110 km (68 mi) | W | earthquakes near Denali Borough |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 122 km (76 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Fairbanks North Star Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
31 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 59 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska
- 3.2 74 km E of Cantwell, Alaska
- 1.8 81 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.7 65 km ENE of Healy, Alaska
- 1.3 63 km ENE of Healy, Alaska
- 1.5 63 km E of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.7 70 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.5 57 km ENE of Healy, Alaska
- 1.2 73 km E of Cantwell, Alaska
- 1.7 64 km E of Cantwell, Alaska
- 3.0 56 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska
- 1.2 40 km ENE of Healy, Alaska
- 2.3 66 km E of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.5 66 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska
- 1.5 39 km ENE of Ferry, 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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