Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 10:36 PM AKST (07:36 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-01 07:36:03 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.386° N, 147.662° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.811 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.936 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 34
  18. 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.637 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.136 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 1.535 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.529 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2045 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.547 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.623 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 1.725 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.029 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.843 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.850 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.855 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.09 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.918 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.639 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.058 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.895 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away

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