Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 85 km SE of Nikolai, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 85 km SE of Nikolai, Alaska on Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 6:22 AM AKST (15:22 UTC), 247 km (153 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 105 km S of Nikolai, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-18 15:22:02 UTC
Depth
246.9 km (153.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.379° N, 153.428° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.670 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.632 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.553 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.833 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.826 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.166 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.432 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.883 km SSE of Nikolai, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.7101 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.728 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.668 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 134 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.7105 km S of Nikolai, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.5105 km S of Nikolai, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.847 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.254 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.637 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.542 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.643 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.691 km ENE of Lime Village, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.671 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.590 km ENE of Lime Village, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.641 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 1.577 km ENE of Lime Village, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.561 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 2.659 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 249 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.968 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.766 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.639 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.729 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.537 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.969 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.676 km SSW of Nikolai, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.742 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.683 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 144 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.3Central Alaska · 2803 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.625 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.584 km ENE of Lime Village, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.142 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01929ae87c. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.