Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 36 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 36 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska on Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 6:00 AM AKST (15:00 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 72 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-29 15:00:13 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.085° N, 148.023° 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
94

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.031 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.515 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.612 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.646 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.115 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.650 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.576 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.512 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.524 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.042 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.041 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.69 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.26 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.215 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.652 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.922 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.632 km SE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.573 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.115 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.626 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.714 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.022 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.920 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.726 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.944 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.616 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.057 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 1.527 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.630 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.74 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.747 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.630 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 1.646 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.656 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.157 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.514 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 2.636 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.525 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.548 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.96 km NNW of Lakes, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.847 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.88 km S of Gateway, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.526 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.976 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.553 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 1.540 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.614 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.648 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.633 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.817 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.574 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 1.645 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.527 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.619 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.529 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 1.948 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.616 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.836 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.134 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.650 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.534 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.657 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.4Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.556 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.516 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.641 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.140 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.741 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.568 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.245 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.58 km N of Tanaina, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.810 km NE of Knik River, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.829 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.942 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021gol0ib3 (also filed as us6000gg4v). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC.