Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 11 km NE of Chenega, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Chenega, Alaska on Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 8:40 PM AKST (05:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 54 km S of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-21 05:40:12 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.133° N, 147.862° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.713 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.612 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 1.516 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 2.026 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 3.654 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
  39. 1.854 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.148 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 1.848 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.742 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.624 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.69 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.623 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.725 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.029 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.843 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away

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