Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 10:43 PM AKDT (06:43 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.3 45 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-21 06:43:33 UTC
Depth
87.8 km (54.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.707° N, 152.775° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.40
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 since this one and 192 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.345 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 20 hr ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.120 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 19 hr ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.043 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 18 hr ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.735 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 14 hr ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 13 hr ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.510 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 12 hr ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.455 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 7 hr ago · 106 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 24 hr ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 26 hr ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.736 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 26 hr ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.65 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 28 hr ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 42 hr ago · 128 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.514 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 42 hr ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 44 hr ago · 140 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.525 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 46 hr ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2 days ago · 99 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.641 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2 days ago · 86 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2 days ago · 141 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.611 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.621 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3 days ago · 91 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.054 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.873 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 4 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026sshbxi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC.