Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 56 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 56 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Fri, May 28, 2021, 3:53 AM AKDT (11:53 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 18 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-28 11:53:26 UTC
Depth
17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.535° N, 147.631° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 22
  3. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.828 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 22
  8. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1957 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.228 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.848 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away

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