M2.0 earthquake 29 km WNW of Ester, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km WNW of Ester, Alaska on Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:22 AM AKDT (12:22 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5 km W of Four Mile Road, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-23 12:22:58 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.942° N, 148.588° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.031 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 560 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 556 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 555 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.22 km SE of Fox, Alaska · 553 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 402
- 1.75 km N of Two Rivers, Alaska · 551 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.518 km E of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 550 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.630 km ENE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 549 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 549 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 547 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 543 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 542 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.924 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 536 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 534 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 532 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.823 km E of Minto, Alaska · 530 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.552 km SSE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 529 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.313 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 527 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.027 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 525 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 521 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.838 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 520 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.421 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 519 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.237 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 517 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.75 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 37
- 1.526 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 515 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 514 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.412 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 509 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.534 km SSW of Minto, Alaska · 507 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 504 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 503 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.243 km E of Clear, Alaska · 502 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 1.85 km ENE of Badger, Alaska · 561 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska · 562 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
- 1.519 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 562 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.916 km NNW of Anderson, Alaska · 566 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.116 km N of Ester, Alaska · 570 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 570 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Rampart, Alaska · 571 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.720 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 573 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 573 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 573 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 579 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Minto, Alaska · 583 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.617 km S of Minto, Alaska · 586 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 587 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 588 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 589 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
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