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M 0.2ml

Earthquake near Dutch Harbor, AK

USGS: 6 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska

1:09 pm AKDT, Sep 28, 2026 · · 8.4 km deep · released about 0.064 lb of TNT

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When
1:09 pm AKDT on 28 September 2026 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) NNW of Dutch Harbor, AK · earthquakes near Dutch Harbor
Magnitude
M 0.2 (ml)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 4 days ago

A magnitude 0.2 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) NNW of Dutch Harbor, AK, at 1:09 pm AKDT on 28 September 2026 (21:09 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Unalaska.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.064 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 0.2 about 0.064 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 2025-07-27 — about 42,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 36 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 43 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 27 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 22 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 13 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 13 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 48 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 49 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 26 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 26 km WSW 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 53.9465, -166.5837. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.6 6 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  2. 0.7 7 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  3. 0.3 36 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
  4. 0.1 7 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  5. -0.0 6 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  6. 0.5 7 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  7. 0.4 9 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  8. 0.3 8 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  9. 0.1 7 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  10. 0.1 7 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  11. 0.6 6 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  12. 0.1 8 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  13. 1.3 6 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  14. 0.7 6 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  15. 0.0 8 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, 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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