M1.6 earthquake 57 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Wed, Feb 21, 2018, 3:24 AM AKST (12:24 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 60 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-21 12:24:57 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.458° N, 147.326° 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
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.925 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.550 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.644 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.045 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.258 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.728 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.540 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.521 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.032 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.642 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.065 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.816 km NNE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.529 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.921 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.510 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.75 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.124 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.348 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.928 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.832 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.060 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 32 · tsunami flag
- 1.624 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.524 km SE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.935 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.643 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.531 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.011 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 11
- 1.851 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.247 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.547 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.951 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.536 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.863 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.055 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.246 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.648 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.221 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 17
- 1.931 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.635 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.533 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.636 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
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