M2.3 earthquake 16 km SW of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Ester, Alaska on Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 3:39 PM AKST (00:39 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 28 km WSW of Ester, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019esja74k (also filed as us700069at). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.