The May 3, 1934 earthquake
M6.8near Glacier View, Alaska
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake 15.5 miles deep, centred in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The 109th strongest in Alaska’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15.5 mi
- 25.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Thursday, May 3, 1934
- 18:36 AST; 04:36 UTC on May 4, 1934
- In Alaska’s record
- 109th
- strongest of 124,625 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem904918 (“31 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Matanuska-Susitna BoroughAK · inside
- Copper River Census AreaAK · 7.3 mi
- Chugach Census AreaAK · 7.3 mi
- Anchorage MunicipalityAK · 23.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
786 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- February 23, 1925M6.6
- January 3, 1933M6.4
- September 21, 1911M6.3
- September 13, 1932M6.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.