M1.5 earthquake 4 km WSW of Chitina, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Chitina, Alaska on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 5:27 PM AKST (02:27 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 51 km N of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-07 02:27:23 UTC
- Depth
- 39.9 km (24.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.496° N, 144.505° 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
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.850 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.046 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.649 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.051 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.541 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.635 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.418 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.746 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.048 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.821 km E of Copper Center, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.533 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.751 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Tonsina, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.550 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.746 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.648 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211qvrw3o. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC.