Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 33 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 33 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska on Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 2:30 PM AKST (23:30 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 30 km S of Nelchina, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-09 23:30:27 UTC
Depth
12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.421° N, 146.538° 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
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.737 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.828 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.034 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.046 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.931 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.628 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.848 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.632 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.64 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.827 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.711 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.532 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.139 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 1.749 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.936 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 1.930 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 1.547 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.649 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 1.648 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.830 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 26
  31. 1.842 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.830 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.519 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 3.430 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.929 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 2.428 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.935 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.837 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.332 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 1.642 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2032 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.651 km SE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 3.051 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.541 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 2.246 km WSW of Tonsina, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 9
  51. 1.535 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.635 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 2.029 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.529 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 1.629 km N of Valdez, AK · 2019 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.018 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.621 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 1.519 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.850 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.529 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.69 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.048 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.729 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.825 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.745 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.732 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.86 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.623 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.648 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.632 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211ujdc98. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC.