Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 47 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 47 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska on Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 11:45 AM AKST (20:45 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 15 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-16 20:45:15 UTC
Depth
19.2 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.213° N, 147.935° 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
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 118.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019qsrwda (also filed as us2000j4p1). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.