Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 7 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska on Wed, May 8, 2019, 3:23 PM AKDT (23:23 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 4 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.3 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, May 8, 2019, 3:23 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-05-08 23:23:50 UTC
Depth: 42.7 km (26.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.275° N, 149.969° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used: 50

Nearest places

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

Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast7 kmNNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 169 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 196.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0195w2mffw (also filed as us70003imz). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.