M1.6 earthquake 33 km ESE of Valdez, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Valdez, Alaska on Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 10:43 PM AKDT (06:43 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 42 km NNW of Valdez, 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
- 2019-10-08 06:43:44 UTC
- Depth
- 15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.072° N, 145.733° 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
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.815 km NNE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.345 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.847 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.035 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.633 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.128 km SSE of Mendeltna, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.245 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.135 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.746 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.838 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.740 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2542 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.336 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.331 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.544 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.148 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.044 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.524 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.48 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 1.835 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.838 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.310 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 1.549 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.513 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.742 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.136 km SW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.342 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 1.647 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2515 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.746 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.040 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 1.636 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.637 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.649 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.554 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.140 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.338 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.643 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.923 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.839 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.832 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.646 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.544 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.029 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.347 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
- 1.834 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.722 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.946 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.737 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.532 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.051 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Chitina, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.250 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.740 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2564 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
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