M1.7 earthquake 42 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska on Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 8:25 AM AKDT (16:25 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 18 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-02 16:25:08 UTC
- Depth
- 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.353° N, 145.093° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Cordova, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6105 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.756 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5112 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4132 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.669 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.769 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02171awesh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.