Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 37 km S of Cordova, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 37 km S of Cordova, Alaska on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 3:19 AM AKST (12:19 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 84 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-26 12:19:00 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.211° N, 145.883° 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: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.136 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.536 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.535 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.732 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.556 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.628 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2048 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2038 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  28. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.379 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.936 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 34
  4. 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.749 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.829 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.645 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02117787lc. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.