Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.9ml
64 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
Yes. A magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 64 km S of Glacier View, Alaska, at 2:11 am AKST on 8 November 2025 (11:11 UTC), 12 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anchorage Municipality, 86 km W
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 370 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2024-11-13 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 9.2 The 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska Earthquake · 40 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.8 31 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 34 km N of this epicentre
- 6.6 57 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 23 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.6 37 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 30 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.4 23 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 41 km N of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 61.2273, -147.6747. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 86 km (54 mi) | W | earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality |
| Chugach Census Area, AK | 114 km (71 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Chugach Census Area |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 150 km (93 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 42 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 60 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
- 1.6 52 km SE of Knik River, Alaska
- 1.5 53 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.8 28 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
- 1.5 52 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 2.1 51 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska
- 1.9 49 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska
- 1.7 54 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 52 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.5 65 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
- 1.6 66 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
- 1.5 60 km S of Glacier View, Alaska
- 1.6 49 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska
- 1.7 50 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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