Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 9 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:42 PM AKDT (04:42 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.5 32 km N of Fishhook, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-10-02 04:42:27 UTC
Depth
46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.356° N, 150.162° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
38°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 since this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.723 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.811 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.614 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.821 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 35 hr ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.532 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 25 hr ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.69 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 23 hr ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 15 hr ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.410 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 5 hr ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.133 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 4 hr ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 2.18 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.024 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.943 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 4 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.731 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 4 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.424 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 4 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.18 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 5 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 5 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.57 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 5 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  9. 1.96 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 6 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.819 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 6 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.17 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 6 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.39 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 6 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.710 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 6 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.722 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 6 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.819 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 6 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.120 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 6 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.843 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 6 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.88 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 6 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.617 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 7 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 7 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026tmlkqc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.