Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 20 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska on Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 12:57 PM AKST (21:57 UTC), 29 km (18 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-12-04 21:57:35 UTC
Depth
28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.628° N, 147.757° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.353 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.68 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.849 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.745 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.935 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.129 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.913 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.831 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.541 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.640 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.31 km SSW of Knik River, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.529 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.638 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.634 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.346 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.614 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.039 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.533 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.645 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.934 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.937 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.542 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.548 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 1.948 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 2.4Southern Alaska · 2845 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.132 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 2.212 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.717 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.616 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.517 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 1.641 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.617 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.240 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.035 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.640 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 1.834 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.52 km SSE of Wasilla, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.235 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.739 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.544 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 1.648 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.818 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.521 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.039 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.631 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.941 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.944 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.722 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.535 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.736 km N of Whittier, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.77 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 3.510 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  57. 1.953 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 1.822 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.614 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.311 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.513 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.738 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.827 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.91 km S of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.842 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.930 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 1.914 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.760 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.824 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.330 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.28 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.15 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.739 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.110 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.710 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.948 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.611 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away

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