Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 49 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska on Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 5:55 PM AKST (02:55 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-28 02:55:26 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.307° N, 146.528° 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
39

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 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.86 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.732 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.529 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.548 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.556 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.628 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.64 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2046 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2036 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.516 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.848 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 9
  41. 1.535 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.029 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.742 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.69 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.379 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.535 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.536 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.136 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.637 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.936 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 34
  10. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.811 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away

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