Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 16 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 12:05 PM AKDT (20:05 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 63 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-04-24 20:05:19 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.464° N, 147.221° 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
67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.377 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.878 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.564 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.27 km W of Nenana, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.625 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.775 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.132 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.430 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.94 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.260 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.128 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.263 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.520 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.633 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.729 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.530 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.130 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.6Central Alaska · 2656 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 2.48 km WSW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.066 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.713 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.57 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.68 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.618 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.631 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.515 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.210 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.810 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.69 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.515 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 235
  13. 2.341 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.051 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.05 km SSE of Big Delta, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.516 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.017 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.660 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.927 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.259 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01958v7cha. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.