M 2.7 earthquake – 115 km N of Yakutat, Alaska
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Local time: Oct 5, 2026 · 13:11 (UTC-7)
MicroShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 2.7local (Richter) magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 60.578, -139.614249 km from Whitehorse
- Energy released
- 0.2 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 4M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 112USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 4, 2026.
How strong was it?
Micro earthquake. It released 0.2 tons of TNT, 2,818 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
4 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Canada.
- 7.9 200 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska Nov 30, 1987
- 7.1 113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska Feb 28, 1979
- 7.1 British Columbia-Yukon border, Canada Jan 18, 1901
- 7.0 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake Dec 6, 2025
- 6.7 117 km W of Yakutat, Alaska May 15, 1908
- 6.7 163 km W of Yakutat, Alaska Apr 16, 1970
- 6.3 48 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska May 1, 2017
- 6.2 47 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska May 1, 2017