Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 41 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 41 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 10:14 AM AKST (19:14 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 54 km S of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-26 19:14:55 UTC
Depth
1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.413° N, 147.722° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.529 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2045 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.547 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.516 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 3.654 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  44. 1.854 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.148 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 1.848 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 1.535 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 2.029 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.742 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 1.624 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.69 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.936 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 34
  4. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.811 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.950 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02117bddm5. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC.