Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 57 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 57 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska on Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 12:05 AM AKDT (08:05 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 45 km N of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-10-11 08:05:53 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.312° N, 147.355° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.99 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.514 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.516 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.040 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.557 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.741 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.536 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.544 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.528 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.521 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.345 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
  13. 2.147 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.450 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.849 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.249 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.549 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.749 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.549 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.549 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.13 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.629 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.843 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 1.748 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.323 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.540 km WSW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 1.853 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.630 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 2.357 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.438 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.539 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.832 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.116 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.634 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.930 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.847 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.630 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.728 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.942 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.234 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 1.732 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 1.956 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.147 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 1.933 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 1.632 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.043 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.342 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.920 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.948 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.554 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 1.721 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.632 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.425 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.918 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.543 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.18 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.954 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 4.056 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  10. 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.836 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.846 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.819 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.942 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.825 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.632 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.723 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.355 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away

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