QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Gateway, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Gateway in the 24 hours to 10:58 pm AKST (07:58 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 121 km (75 mi) ENE, at 11:11 am AKDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 54 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Gateway

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) southwest of Gateway, AK, at 8:08 pm AKDT on 6 June 2019 (04:08 UTC), 31 km deep.

USGS: 5 km SW of Gateway, Alaska

47 km (30 mi) NE of Anchorage, AK

8:08 pm AKDT, Jun 6, 2019 · · 31 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Gateway Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Anchorage Municipality 40 kmMatanuska-Susitna Borough 82 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
8:08 pm AKDT on 6 June 2019 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) southwest of Gateway, AK · earthquakes near Gateway
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
31 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Anchorage Municipality, 40 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Castle Mountain fault, 18 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2635 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Gateway, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lakes, Wasilla, Palmer, Tanaina, Butte, Farm Loop.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2018-12-09 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 23 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 37 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.6 11 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 44 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 2 km ENE of Eagle River, Alaska · 25 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 3 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 29 km WNW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 61.5340, -149.3012. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Anchorage Municipality, AK 40 km (25 mi) S earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 82 km (51 mi) N earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 21 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  2. 1.8 15 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  3. 1.5 19 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  4. 1.9 13 km NNE of Houston, Alaska
  5. 1.8 7 km NW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  6. 1.8 1 km E of Houston, Alaska
  7. 1.8 15 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska
  8. 1.9 18 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
  9. 1.6 23 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
  10. 1.7 10 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska
  11. 1.6 Southern Alaska
  12. 1.6 20 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska
  13. 1.8 9 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska
  14. 1.5 11 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska
  15. 1.5 9 km SSW of Knik, Alaska

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.