Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 35 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 35 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 11:58 AM AKST (20:58 UTC), 0 km (0 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-26 20:58:54 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.229° N, 145.911° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.732 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.556 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.628 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2037 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 9
  25. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.379 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.536 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.136 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.637 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.936 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 34
  7. 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.648 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.749 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.829 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.645 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02117c87uc. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC.