Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km W of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km W of Glacier View, Alaska on Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 4:44 PM AKST (01:44 UTC), 7 km (4 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-08 01:44:35 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.814° N, 148.047° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.938 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.361 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2456 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.717 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.536 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.539 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.416 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.837 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.846 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.231 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.827 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.822 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 55
  13. 1.724 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.751 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.473 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.529 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.66 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.935 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.94 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.822 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.019 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.745 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.636 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.849 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.96 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.841 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.528 km NE of Whittier, AK · 2443 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.837 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.76 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 1.923 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 1.639 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.727 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.52 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.610 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.637 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.98 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 1.552 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.650 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.226 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.545 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 1.539 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.49 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.717 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.08 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 2.043 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.634 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.839 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.445 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.520 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 3.343 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.829 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.651 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.548 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.735 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.533 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.112 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 2.5Central Alaska · 2457 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.839 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.638 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.543 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.53 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.624 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
  8. 1.617 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.1Central Alaska · 2461 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.717 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.442 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.67 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.69 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.016 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.820 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.34 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.628 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.817 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.545 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.522 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020d95pr4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.