Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 8 km S of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km S of Ester, Alaska on Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 3:57 PM AKDT (23:57 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-13 23:57:21 UTC
Depth
20.2 km (12.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.775° N, 148.019° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.56 km SSE of Ester, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.919 km E of Livengood, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.642 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.738 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.030 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.516 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.721 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.520 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.031 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.926 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.516 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.417 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.57 km SE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.259 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.927 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.617 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.660 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.017 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.516 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.621 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.522 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.341 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.925 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 4.515 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 235
  25. 1.69 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.810 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.210 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.515 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.631 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.99 km N of Livengood, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.617 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.618 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.68 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.57 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.713 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.916 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.04 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.825 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.624 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 279
  3. 1.547 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.631 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.612 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.813 km E of Minto, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.67 km ESE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.312 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.513 km WNW of Two Rivers, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.519 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.617 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.819 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.414 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.346 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.610 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.311 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.918 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.049 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.527 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away

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