Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km S of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km S of Ester, Alaska on Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 3:52 AM AKST (12:52 UTC), 30 km (19 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-12 12:52:51 UTC
Depth
29.9 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.776° N, 148.020° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
65

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.915 km WSW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.542 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.624 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.933 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.824 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.57 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.332 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.78 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.551 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.819 km E of Minto, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.345 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.922 km SSE of Minto, AK · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.638 km ESE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.59 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.323 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.18 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 3.728 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 295
  18. 1.510 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.624 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.637 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.042 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.626 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.19 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.45 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.432 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.11 km WNW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 4
  27. 1.726 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 2.314 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.542 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.513 km S of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.818 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.827 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.633 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.547 km NE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.528 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.611 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.532 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.316 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.610 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019fwfejd7 (also filed as us60006qj1). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.