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M 3.7ml
Earthquake near Susitna North, AK
Yes. A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) east of Susitna North, AK, at 9:16 am AKDT on 27 October 2026 (17:16 UTC), 15 km deep. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 16 km E of Susitna North, Alaska
- When
- 9:16 am AKDT on 27 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) east of Susitna North, AK · earthquakes near Susitna North
- Magnitude
- M 3.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- 13 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 12 km N
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 hours ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 74 km (46 mi) from the epicentre. In Susitna North, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Likely felt in: Susitna North 16 km, intensity III · Fishhook 48 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 32,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.7 about 5.4 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 11× more
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 4.6 on 2020-11-26 — about 22 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.9 23 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 29 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 37 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 24 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 40 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.4 25 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 38 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.1 21 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 21 km SSW 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 62.1560, -149.5350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 12 km (8 mi) | N | earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 110 km (68 mi) | S | earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| reported intensity | 3.1 | 3.2 | |
| felt reports | 12 | 13 | |
| felt reports | 11 | 12 | |
| felt reports | 10 | 11 | |
| reported intensity | 3.4 | 3.1 | |
| felt reports | 9 | 10 | |
| reported intensity | 2.2 | 3.4 | |
| felt reports | 4 | 9 | |
| measured intensity | 3.56 | 3.55 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2.2 | |
| measured intensity | 3.55 | 3.56 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 4 |
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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