M2.0 earthquake 46 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 46 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:39 PM AKDT (02:39 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-28 02:39:52 UTC
- Depth
- 95.0 km (59.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.124° N, 152.494° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.020 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 6 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.952 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 6 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.141 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 6 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 6 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.949 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 125 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.712 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 6 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 6 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 6 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 5 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.713 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 5 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.225 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 5 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.566 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 5 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 5 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.120 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 4 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.557 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 4 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 4 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 154 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 106 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.249 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.038 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.423 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.977 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3 days ago · 132 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.851 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.726 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2 days ago · 145 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 46 hr ago · 125 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 40 hr ago · 127 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 19 hr ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.269 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1 hr ago · 128 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 21 min ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 1.719 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 6 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.333 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 6 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.144 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.247 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 6 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 6 days ago · 91 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 128 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 6 days ago · 119 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.145 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 7 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.855 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 7 days ago · 91 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.464 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 7 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.923 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 8 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.071 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 8 days ago · 134 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.136 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 8 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.360 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 8 days ago · 117 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 8 days ago · 102 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 8 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.558 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 8 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 8 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.021 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 8 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.264 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 8 days ago · 132 km deep · 33 km away
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