Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska on Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 7:21 AM AKST (16:21 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 49 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-09 16:21:01 UTC
Depth
33.4 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.906° N, 147.899° 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
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.541 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.923 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.853 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.935 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.739 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.717 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 3.347 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.448 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.845 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.346 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.829 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.849 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.649 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.048 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.735 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.316 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.18 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.533 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.561 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 1.629 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.68 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.419 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 1.519 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.555 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.532 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.644 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.553 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.712 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.646 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.90 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.635 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 1.69 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.611 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.948 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.8Central Alaska · 2862 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 2.110 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.739 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 3.15 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.28 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.330 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 1.824 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.760 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.914 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 1.975 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.930 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.842 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.91 km S of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.827 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 1.738 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 1.645 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.84 km SSE of Palmer, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.669 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.657 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.749 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.929 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.650 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.133 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.942 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.148 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.732 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.818 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.620 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.750 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.537 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.148 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.043 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.614 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.948 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018edwv2f2 (also filed as ak20338967). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.