M1.7 earthquake 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 10:56 PM AKST (07:56 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 54 km S 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-10 07:56:30 UTC
- Depth
- 11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.406° N, 147.736° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.529 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.547 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.654 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
- 1.854 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.148 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 1.950 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.850 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.09 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
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