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M 2.1ml

29 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska

Yes. A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 29 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska, at 1:48 pm AKDT on 19 October 2026 (21:48 UTC), 92 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

· 92 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Matanuska-Susitna Borough 89 kmDenali Borough 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
92 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 89 km SE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 22 hours ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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 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 5.3 on 2016-05-15 — about 63,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.3 Central Alaska · 41 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 59 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 42 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.4 48 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 23 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 32 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 40 km SW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 68 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 42 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 62.7530, -150.8900. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 89 km (56 mi) SE earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Denali Borough, AK 112 km (70 mi) NNE earthquakes near Denali 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. 2.3 31 km W of Petersville, Alaska
  2. 2.8 64 km N of Petersville, Alaska
  3. 3.1 43 km N of Petersville, 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 changedFromToWhen
longitude-150.88-150.89
latitude62.7662.75
depth93.492
magnitude1.92.1

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