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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Bear Creek, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Bear Creek in the 24 hours to 2:06 pm AKST (23:06 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 85 km (53 mi) W, at 2:30 am AKST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 115 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bear Creek

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) north-northeast of Bear Creek, AK, at 3:27 pm AKDT on 5 October 2026 (23:27 UTC), 15 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 3 km SE of Primrose, Alaska

3:27 pm AKDT, Oct 5, 2026 · · 15 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
3:27 pm AKDT on 5 October 2026 ()
Where
18 km (11 mi) north-northeast of Bear Creek, AK · earthquakes near Bear Creek
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Anchorage Municipality, 95 km N
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 39 days ago

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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Bear Creek, 18 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Seward.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 4.4 on 2022-07-12 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.6 3 km SW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 21 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 29 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 50 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 33 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 36 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 12 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 34 km S of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 16 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 50 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 60.3190, -149.2970. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Anchorage Municipality, AK 95 km (59 mi) N earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 21 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska
  2. 2.0 34 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska
  3. 2.0 33 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska
  4. 2.4 21 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska
  5. 2.3 12 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska
  6. 2.3 7 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska
  7. 2.0 17 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska
  8. 1.7 15 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska
  9. 2.0 16 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska
  10. 2.0 20 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska
  11. 2.3 10 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska
  12. 2.1 20 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska
  13. 1.8 20 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska
  14. 1.6 25 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska
  15. 1.8 3 km NNE of Cooper Landing, 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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