Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska on Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 6:33 AM AKDT (14:33 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 35 km SE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-12 14:33:13 UTC
Depth
14.9 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.002° N, 147.932° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.8101 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.669 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.769 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1960 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.360 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217ht4qn9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.