M1.8 earthquake 48 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 48 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 12:42 PM AKST (21:42 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 43 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-09 21:42:42 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.486° N, 147.790° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 9
- 1.535 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.029 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.742 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.69 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.510 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.71 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.347 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.734 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.613 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.969 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.748 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.916 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.140 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.143 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 96 · tsunami flag
- 1.652 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1975 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.148 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.547 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
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