M2.0 earthquake 29 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska on Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 1:32 PM AKST (22:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 26 km S of Tanacross, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-09 22:32:30 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.233° N, 145.117° 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
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.551 km SW of Paxson, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 250 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.668 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.570 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.971 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2743 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.630 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2719 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.728 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.626 km S of Tanacross, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.452 km N of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.214 km N of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 3.629 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.738 km NW of Mentasta Lake, AK · 2768 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.726 km S of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.433 km N of Gakona, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.020 km ENE of Mentasta Lake, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01934tu24b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC.