Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 8:46 PM AKDT (04:46 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 0 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 8:46 PM AKDT
UTC: 2026-03-10 04:46:26 UTC
Depth: 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.801° N, 148.704° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 11
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.1 · 121 stations
3.7	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.066 · 22 stations

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.3 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

11 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 3.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 344°, dip 61°, rake -134°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 227°, dip 51°, rake -38°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 1.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Station coverage gap: 29°
Stations used: 187

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 195.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026evewrx (also filed as us7000s3bk). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.