Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 8 km WSW of Whitestone, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Whitestone, Alaska on Sun, Apr 21, 2019, 3:37 AM AKDT (11:37 UTC), 11 km (7 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
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-04-21 11:37:52 UTC
Depth
10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.116° N, 146.062° 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

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Stations used
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.916 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.377 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.878 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.832 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.535 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.361 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.668 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.564 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.852 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.587 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.775 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.94 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.260 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 3.263 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.875 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.066 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.713 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.57 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.68 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.631 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.210 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.810 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.69 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.630 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.341 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.051 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.05 km SSE of Big Delta, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.516 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.660 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.779 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.259 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.57 km SE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.516 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.926 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01953rfc2j (also filed as us700039yv). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:46 AM UTC.