Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 48 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska on Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 5:13 PM AKDT (01:13 UTC), 22 km (13 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-12 01:13:30 UTC
Depth
21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.571° N, 146.527° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.56 km NNE of Glennallen, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 3.214 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.813 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.828 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.816 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 1.516 km W of Gulkana, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.614 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1911 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.023 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.539 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 22
  20. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away

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