Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 33 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska on Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 1:02 PM AKDT (21:02 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 42 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-10 21:02:18 UTC
Depth
31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.413° N, 146.569° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.518 km SSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.441 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.128 km SSE of Mendeltna, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.025 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 3.245 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.135 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.626 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.629 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.746 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.524 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.941 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.838 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.740 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.78 km E of Silver Springs, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2540 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.336 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.923 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.948 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2534 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.144 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.647 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.331 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.544 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 1.631 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 2.14 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.148 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 3.044 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.911 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.524 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.544 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.48 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  36. 1.835 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 1.838 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 2.120 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.310 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.549 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.513 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 2.020 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.510 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.742 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 1.648 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.136 km SW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.838 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.519 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.528 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 1.518 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.540 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 3.342 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.647 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 1.749 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 1.833 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2512 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 1.746 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 1.540 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 3.040 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 2.035 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.847 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.345 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.815 km NNE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.633 km ESE of Valdez, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.646 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.467 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.023 km WSW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.544 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.029 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.347 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
  13. 1.529 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.916 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.834 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.946 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 1.737 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.740 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.520 km SE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.532 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away

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