M1.9 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 6:55 PM AKST (03:55 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 31 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-20 03:55:47 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.264° N, 145.935° 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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2036 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
- 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.379 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.969 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 3.484 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.64 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.556 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.732 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.535 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.536 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212ceiw1t. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.