Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 61 km S of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km S of Glacier View, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 1:43 PM AKDT (21:43 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 29 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-18 21:43:09 UTC
Depth
16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.256° N, 147.689° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 22
  4. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 22
  20. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.539 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
  40. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.826 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.031 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away

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