Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 56 km S of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km S of Glacier View, Alaska on Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 8:28 AM AKST (17:28 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 22 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-11 17:28:48 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.299° N, 147.676° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 33
  2. 1.845 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.731 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.621 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.330 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.610 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.124 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.136 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.536 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.540 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.557 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.944 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.98 km SW of Nelchina, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.629 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.829 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.518 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.145 km N of Valdez, AK · 2473 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.630 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.524 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.619 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.426 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 1.656 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.244 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.145 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.524 km ENE of Valdez, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.620 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.826 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.655 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.517 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.516 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 1.642 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.520 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.125 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.5Central Alaska · 2468 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2467 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.523 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.545 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.617 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.543 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.530 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.016 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.69 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 1.855 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.442 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.515 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.717 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.543 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.632 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 1.520 km W of Glacier View, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.723 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.938 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2456 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.717 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.536 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.539 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.837 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.846 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.231 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 1.932 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.648 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.640 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.929 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.642 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.741 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.150 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.648 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.047 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.542 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.516 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.520 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.536 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.729 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.859 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2492 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019fuup7ec. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.