Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 57 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 57 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 9:28 PM AKDT (05:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 50 km E of Whittier, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-13 05:28:15 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.303° N, 147.412° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.322 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.546 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.042 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.620 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.516 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.616 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.949 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.012 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.942 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.146 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.56 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.448 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.522 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.815 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.848 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.043 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.658 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.530 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.250 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.527 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.048 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.542 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 1.547 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.52 km SSW of Valdez, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.849 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.031 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 3.350 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 1.617 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 1.613 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.552 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 1.543 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.520 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.519 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.950 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.531 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.017 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.647 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.946 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.348 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.750 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.044 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 3.347 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.751 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 2.044 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.748 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.634 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.519 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 2.048 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.733 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 1.628 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.530 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.324 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.841 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.919 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.525 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ac72ad4. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC.