Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 49 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 7:33 AM AKDT (15:33 UTC), 20 km (12 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-27 15:33:22 UTC
Depth
19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.376° N, 147.465° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 22
  10. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 2.539 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 10
  29. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 22
  7. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.53 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 3.030 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216rd4n06. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.