Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.6ml
12 km ESE of Minto, Alaska
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 12 km ESE of Minto, Alaska, at 10:02 am AKST on 14 November 2026 (19:02 UTC), 9.4 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, 119 km WNW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 10 hours 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 6 km (4 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 4.5 on 2019-04-11 — about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 36 km E of Minto, Alaska · 26 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.2 14 km E of Minto, Alaska · 5 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 14 km E of Minto, Alaska · 6 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 65.1130, -149.1070. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK | 119 km (74 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area |
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | 13 km ESE of Minto, Alaska | 12 km ESE of Minto, Alaska | |
| longitude | -149.07 | -149.11 | |
| latitude | 65.12 | 65.11 | |
| depth | 11.4 | 9.4 | |
| magnitude | 1.2 | 1.6 |
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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