Alaska earthquakes

M1.0 earthquake 26 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.0 earthquake struck 26 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 5:57 PM AKDT (01:57 UTC), 94 km (59 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 43 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-19 01:57:21 UTC
Depth
94.2 km (58.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.905° N, 152.225° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 16.8 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
155°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 since this one and 186 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 43 hr ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.054 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 42 hr ago · 105 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 36 hr ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.621 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 32 hr ago · 74 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.611 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 30 hr ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 26 hr ago · 141 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 26 hr ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.641 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 24 hr ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 20 hr ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 18 hr ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.525 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 15 hr ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 12 hr ago · 140 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.514 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11 hr ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11 hr ago · 128 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.873 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.838 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2 days ago · 88 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.572 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.659 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.925 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.145 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 143 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 132 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.527 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 84 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 98 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.523 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 82 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.054 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.036 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 134 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.532 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.557 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.685 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 4 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.246 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 4 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.618 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 4 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.626 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 4 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 4 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026sofqcb. Read Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.