Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km NNE of Glennallen, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Glennallen, Alaska on Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 7:35 PM AKDT (03:35 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.5 51 km W of Tonsina, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-21 03:35:36 UTC
Depth
29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.160° N, 145.484° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.214 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.813 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.816 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.516 km W of Gulkana, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.614 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 3.335 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.546 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.949 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.629 km E of Silver Springs, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away

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