Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 8:03 PM AKDT (04:03 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-09 04:03:28 UTC
Depth
17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.220° N, 145.688° 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

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Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.335 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.546 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.949 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.942 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.56 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.448 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.815 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.849 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.543 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.516 km W of Gulkana, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.816 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.813 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.214 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.56 km NNE of Glennallen, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.629 km E of Silver Springs, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away

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