akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We love meeting with people to talk about what we do and how they can prepare for the next significant earthquake. On Saturday, we sent 2 staff to the MatSu Emergency Preparedness Expo. Where do YOU get your earthquake information from? 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good morning Alaska! We have reviewed a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that occurred at 6:55 AM AK time. This earthquake was located 20 miles W of Kantishna and 3 miles deep. No felt reports have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduKantishna M4.2 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 040
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Do you live in the Wasilla area? Get on over to the 18th annual Mat-Su Emergency Preparedness Expo! Alaska Earthquake Center folks will be there (along with a LOT of others!) to answer your questions about our work with earthquakes. And tsunamis. And landslides. TODAY! 11am-3pm at Menard Sports Ctr. 066
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s #FieldworkFriday! Field team members Shah Khan and Cade Quigley visited Nikolai recently to build a new relay station from the ground up! Thank you to Top of the Kuskokwim School for hosting the new station. Khan and Quigley also gave a presentation to students and practiced earthquake safety! 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.7 earthquake that occurred at 5:27 PM AK time. This earthquake was located 22 miles SE of Talkeetna and 16.8 miles deep. This event was reported felt in the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage area. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka2026sxksxlearthquake.alaska.eduTalkeetna M3.7 | Alaska Earthquake CenterTectonic Setting of Southern Alaska 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The biggest earthquake of the past week was a magnitude 6.5 that went largely unnoticed. Why? Check out our recent radio segment here: buff.ly/0NiANuS 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We have located a magnitude 3.5 earthquake that occurred at 6:20 AK time this morning. The earthquake was located 35 miles NE of Ambler. We have yet to receive any reports of this event being felt. You can learn more or report feeling it at: buff.ly/yZvzLqkbuff.lyAmbler M3.5 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 051
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.7 earthquake that occurred at 00:48 AKDT. The earthquake was located 24 miles SW of Karluk. We have only received one felt report from the area. If you felt the earthquake or want more information: buff.ly/fDVPWpX .buff.lyKarluk M3.7 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 031
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy #FieldworkFriday! We maintain seismic stations at several of Alyeska's Trans Alaska Pipeline System pumpstations. This week the field team upgraded the data digitizer (which makes data ready to transmit) at station PS08 and performed "shake tests" to ensure it would alert Alyeska's systems. 041
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred at about 6:20 am AK time. No tsunami warning was issued. This earthquake was located ~20 miles west of Yunaska Island and 70 miles deep. This event has not been reported felt. For more information, visit buff.ly/q9N1QW7.buff.lyChagulak Island M6.4 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 042
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We reviewed a magnitude 4.3 earthquake that occurred at 1:51 am AK time, 43 miles S of Kaktovik at a depth of 4.3 miles. No reports of this event being felt have been received at this time. For more info, or to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, click the map earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduKaktovik M4.3 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s #FieldworkFriday! A shoutout to Chevak School and all of our community partners! Field team members Shah Khan and Celia Chmielowski went to Chevak in western Alaska to move a relay station antenna at the school. K13K on Kusilvak Mountain sends seismic data via radio, then school internet. 042
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that occurred 50 miles south of Mt Gareloi at 2:47 am AK time, and was 8.1 miles deep. This event was not reported felt at this time. For more info, or to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, clock the map below earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduMt. Gareloi M5.7 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 4 earthquake 47 miles NE of Sutton that occurred at 11:10 pm AK time and was 17 miles deep. This earthquake was reported felt in south-central AK. For more info, or to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, click the map below earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduSutton M4.0 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 4 earthquake that occurred at 3:03 pm AK time. This earthquake was 11 miles SW of Brevig Mission & was 3 miles deep. It was reported felt in Nome. For more info, or to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, click the map below earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduBrevig Mission M4.0 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that occurred at 9:18 pm AK time. This earthquake was located 67 miles NE of Sutton & was 7.5 miles deep, & was felt in south central AK. For more info, or to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, click the map below earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduSutton M4.2 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.1 earthquake that occurred at 1:37 AM AK time. This earthquake was located 17 miles E of Nenana and 4 miles deep. This event was reported felt in Nenana and Fairbanks. For more information, please visit buff.ly/6sQ4uVCearthquake.alaska.eduNenana M3.1 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The earthquakes don't take a break, and neither do we! Our thanks go out this Labor Day to all who work, especially when others get a break. 030
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It’s #FieldworkFriday! The field team visited our station on Waxell Ridge (WAX) on its birthday! 🥳 This site next to Bering Glacier was installed by the USGS in 1975. Working around a slew of bad weather days, this visit the team installed new satellite and radio antennas, and 24 new batteries. 172
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The devastating landslide and flood in Nepal last week was not only recorded on Alaska's seismic network, it also echoes the types of threats we face here. Click for a 3-minute read from our state seismologist on cascading hazards.earthquake.alaska.eduSeismic waves from Nepal’s landslide-flood reached Alaska, and so should the lessons | Alaska Earthquake CenterA massive collapse high in the mountains in glacier terrain, followed by massive flooding—this is the setting of the recent horrific flood along the Nepal border, but it also sounds familiar to many… 042
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We’ve had quite an active earthquake swarm south of Nikolski in the Aleutian Islands since Monday night, including 7 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater, and a magnitude 6.3 earthquake early this morning. On-duty seismologist Derreck Gossett's animation shows how the swarm has progressed thus far! 1178
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 5.3 earthquake that occurred at 4:39 AM AK time. This earthquake was located 52 miles SW of Nikolski and 17 miles deep. This event was reported felt in Nikolski. For more information, please visit: earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduHerbert Island M5.3 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred at 3:17 AM AK time. This earthquake was located 57 miles S of Nikolski and 6 miles deep. This event was reported felt in Nikolski. For more information, visiit: earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduHerbert Island M6.3 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What’s Shaking Alaska?! We’re often asked if the Earthquake Center is able to detect large earthquakes from around the world, and the answer is yes! When a large seismic event occurs, the seismic waves often travel over most of the globe. Listen to how this affects our Alaska: buff.ly/tbPANqt 052
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred at 4:32 AM AK time. This earthquake was located 48 miles SE of Mt. Cleveland and 8 miles deep. No reports of this event being felt have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202... .earthquake.alaska.eduMt. Cleveland M5.0 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that occurred at 9:14 PM AK time. This earthquake was located 56 miles S of Nikolski and 12 miles deep. No reports of this event being felt have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduHerbert Island M5.1 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 5.2 event that occurred tonight at 10:44 PM AK time. This event was located 58 miles SSW of Nikolski and 27 miles deep. No felt reports have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduHerbert Island M5.2 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 4.8 event that occurred at 7:16 AM AK time. This event was located 117 miles SSE of Chignik and 3 miles deep. No felt reports have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduPerryville M4.8 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.9 event that woke some folks up this morning at 4:02 AM AK time. This event was located 30 miles NW of Homer and 56 miles deep. This event was reported felt throughout the Kenai Peninsula For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduAnchor Point M3.9 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 052
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It’s #FieldworkFriday! Here’s Barry Glacier calving twice, in a video by our field intern Devin Zigmont! The ice makes an impressive BOOM when it hits the water, which shows up on the seismic record at nearby station BAT. The waves from the tsunami 🌊 travel outward, like they would from a landslide. 152
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.0 event that occurred last night at 10:49 PM AK time. This event was located 27 miles SW of Tok and 3 miles deep. This earthquake was reported felt in Gakona. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduSlana M3.0 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This week we check in with our tsunami scientist, Elena Troshina, as she travels to Wrangell and Petersburg to transmit tsunami hazard information to local officials. Click the link to hear the 90-s radio segment. earthquake.alaska.edu/sites/defaul... 042
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.4 event that occurred today at 2:05 AM AK time. This event was located 34 miles ESE of Cohoe and 22 miles deep. This earthquake was reported felt in Homer. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduClam Gulch M3.4 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 052
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 24/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 5.4 event that occurred at 03:20 PM AK time. This event was located 151 miles ESE of Attu Station and 1 miles deep. This event was reported felt on Buldir Island. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduBuldir Is M5.4 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 021
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.9 event that occurred at 11:42 PM AK time. This event was located 1 miles NNE of Hope and 19 miles deep. This event was reported felt throughout the Anchorage area. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduHope M3.9 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 032
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It's #FieldWorkFriday! This week's map shows stations visited in southern AK, including at our Bradley Lake partner site, where two strong-motion and two broadband sensors keep track of shaking at Alaska's largest hydro project. Statewide network map here: earthquake.alaska.edu/network 072
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.5 event that occurred at 09:58 AM AK time. This event was located 22 miles SSW of Glacier View and 7 miles deep. This event was reported felt in Anchorage. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduSutton M3.5 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 020
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.0 event that occurred at 03:23 AM AK time. This event was located 23 miles E of Anchorage and 18 miles deep. This event was reported felt in Anchorage, Girdwood, and Chugiak. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduEagle River M3.0 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 010
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We have reviewed a magnitude 3.7 event that occurred at 11:51 AM AK time. This event was located 43 miles NW of Homer and 67 miles deep. This event was reported as felt in Homer and Anchor Point. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduIliamna Volcano M3.7 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 061
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Good afternoon Alaska! We have reviewed a magnitude 2.9 event that occurred at 12:56 PM AK time. This event was located 10 miles NW of Anchorage and 24 miles deep. This event was reported felt in Anchorage. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduAnchorage M2.9 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 000
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 18/08/2026From Landslide to Tsunami: Tracy Arm and Alaska’s Growing Landslide Threat 110
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Good afternoon! Our duty seismologist reviewed a magnitude 4.5 earthquake that occurred at 12:35 PM AK time. This event was located 34 miles NW of Akhiok, at 36 miles in depth, and was reported as felt in the Kodiak area. Thank you for reporting! For more information, please visit buff.ly/30GdJcyearthquake.alaska.eduKarluk M4.5 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 021
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Good evening! Our duty seismologist reviewed a magnitude 3.8 earthquake that occurred at 09:07 PM AK time. It was located 31 miles E of Homer and was 22 miles deep. No felt reports have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduHomer M3.8 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 060
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It’s #FieldworkFriday! Student interns Cade Quigley, Chloe Crossen, and Devin Zigmont went to Barry Arm fjord to work on BAT and BAE (snow damaged the BAE bar on top). This area is highly monitored because a slumping wall of the fjord could cause a tsunami. Check out our storymap: arcg.is/1XKKG82 073
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's been a year already since the Tracy Arm Landslide that narrowly avoided by a disaster. This article present a terrific summary, including insights from AEC landslide detection expert Ezgi Karasözen on efforts underway to monitor for landslide hazards. www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/08/04/i...alaskasnewssource.com‘I looked up, and I saw a wave coming’: 2025 Tracy Arm tsunami survivors share experience, researchers search for solutionsThis edition of the Fault in the Facts dives into the latest landslide to make big waves in Alaska, and it looks at what scientists still want to know about the ever growing, and constantly melting… 0114
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Over a thousand people reported within minutes that they were shaken by the Aug. 7 magnitude 5.6 earthquake west of Susitna. However, the most notable earthquake this week was a devastating magnitude 7.4 in Colombia on Monday morning. Listen to the story: earthquake.alaska.edu/sites/defaul... 042
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Good afternoon! Our duty seismologist reviewed a magnitude 4.1 earthquake that occurred at 12:42 PM AK time. The event was located 101 miles SW of Nikolski and 23 miles deep. No felt reports have been received at this time. For more information, please visit earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduYunaska Island M4.1 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 021
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Good evening! We have reviewed a M4.9 earthquake that occurred at 12:49 AM AK time. This earthquake occurred 65 miles SSE of Sand Point & 12 miles deep. This event was felt in Sand Point. For more info, & to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, click the map below earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduSand Point M4.9 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 030
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Read more about last night's magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Skwentna in our news story. earthquake.alaska.edu/magnitude-56... (If you have an Android phone and received an alert before shaking hit you, please comment!)earthquake.alaska.eduMagnitude 5.6 Earthquake Sways Susitna Region | Alaska Earthquake CenterOn Friday August 7th, close to 9 pm, the area west of Susitna swayed from a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in the shallow crust (Figure 1). 164
akearthquake.bsky.social @akearthquake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Good evening! We reviewed a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred at 7:36 pm AK time. It was 48 miles ESE of Atka & 11 miles deep. This event has not yet been reported as felt. For more info, & to submit a “Did You Feel It” report, please click the map below! earthquake.alaska.edu/event/aka202...earthquake.alaska.eduAtka M5.0 | Alaska Earthquake CenterAlaskan Earthquake Center 071
