M1.6 earthquake 28 km SE of Valdez, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 12:16 AM AKST

UTC

2021-02-16 09:16:35 UTC

Depth

9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.935° N, 146.015° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

109

• Valdez, AlaskaPopulation 3,870. Forecast28 kmSE
• Eagle River, AlaskaPopulation 24,793. Forecast196 kmE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast211 kmE

After

1. 1.632 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, AlaskaTue, Feb 16, 9:37 PM AKST · 2051 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
2. 1.64 km E of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Feb 17, 5:16 PM AKST · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
3. 2.531 km SSW of Cordova, AlaskaThu, Feb 18, 3:07 AM AKST · 2050 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
4. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Feb 18, 1:52 PM AKST · 2049 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
5. 1.9Southern AlaskaFri, Feb 19, 6:55 PM AKST · 2048 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
6. 1.532 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Feb 20, 11:40 AM AKST · 2047 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
7. 2.139 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Feb 21, 5:15 PM AKST · 2046 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
8. 1.749 km SSE of Glacier View, AlaskaMon, Feb 22, 5:28 PM AKST · 2045 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
9. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaWed, Feb 24, 3:16 AM AKST · 2044 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
10. 1.936 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Feb 24, 6:39 AM AKST · 2043 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
11. 1.632 km W of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Feb 25, 3:35 PM AKST · 2042 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
12. 1.930 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Feb 26, 3:52 AM AKST · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
13. 1.547 km W of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Feb 26, 11:56 AM AKST · 2041 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
14. 1.649 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaFri, Feb 26, 3:10 PM AKST · 2041 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
15. 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Feb 27, 10:15 AM AKST · 2040 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Feb 27, 5:20 PM AKST · 2040 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
17. 1.648 km N of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 4:54 AM AKST · 2040 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
18. 1.545 km N of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 6:24 AM AKST · 2039 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
19. 3.830 km S of Nelchina, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 8:54 AM AKST · 2039 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 26
20. 1.842 km S of Glacier View, AlaskaMon, Mar 1, 5:26 AM AKST · 2039 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
21. 1.830 km S of Nelchina, AlaskaMon, Mar 1, 7:01 PM AKST · 2038 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
22. 1.8Southern AlaskaMon, Mar 1, 8:33 PM AKST · 2038 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
23. 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, AlaskaMon, Mar 1, 8:40 PM AKST · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
24. 1.952 km E of Whittier, AlaskaTue, Mar 2, 7:23 AM AKST · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
25. 3.430 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Mar 2, 10:39 PM AKST · 2037 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
26. 1.929 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Mar 2, 11:46 PM AKST · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
27. 2.428 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Mar 3, 12:10 AM AKST · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
28. 2.935 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Mar 3, 6:05 AM AKST · 2036 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
29. 1.837 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Mar 3, 12:55 PM AKST · 2036 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
30. 2.332 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Mar 3, 7:24 PM AKST · 2036 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
31. 1.642 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Mar 3, 9:50 PM AKST · 2036 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
32. 1.8Southern AlaskaThu, Mar 4, 3:48 PM AKST · 2035 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
33. 1.651 km SE of Nelchina, AlaskaThu, Mar 4, 6:20 PM AKST · 2035 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
34. 3.051 km N of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Mar 6, 5:07 PM AKST · 2033 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
35. 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Mar 7, 11:46 AM AKST · 2032 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
36. 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Mar 8, 1:22 AM AKST · 2032 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
37. 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Mar 8, 5:13 PM AKST · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
38. 1.541 km N of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 5:29 AM AKST · 2031 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
39. 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 6:48 AM AKST · 2030 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
40. 2.246 km WSW of Tonsina, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 8:33 PM AKST · 2030 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
41. 2.214 km S of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Mar 9, 9:58 PM AKST · 2030 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
42. 1.535 km NNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Mar 10, 10:08 PM AKST · 2029 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
43. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Mar 10, 10:23 PM AKST · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
44. 1.631 km ENE of Cordova, AlaskaThu, Mar 11, 1:34 PM AKST · 2028 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
45. 1.635 km N of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Mar 12, 4:19 AM AKST · 2028 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
46. 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Mar 12, 12:59 PM AKST · 2027 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
47. 2.029 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 2:04 PM AKDT · 2023 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
48. 2.529 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 10:02 AM AKDT · 2022 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
49. 1.629 km N of Valdez, AKWed, Mar 17, 10:06 AM AKDT · 2022 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
50. 1.621 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Mar 20, 12:33 PM AKDT · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
51. 1.726 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Mar 21, 2:51 PM AKDT · 2018 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
52. 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Mar 21, 4:59 PM AKDT · 2018 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
53. 1.536 km N of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Mar 22, 8:58 AM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
54. 1.547 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaWed, Mar 24, 10:49 PM AKDT · 2015 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
55. 1.634 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Mar 26, 10:28 AM AKDT · 2013 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
56. 2.418 km NE of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Mar 26, 11:17 PM AKDT · 2013 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
57. 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Mar 27, 5:06 AM AKDT · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
58. 1.646 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Mar 27, 11:26 AM AKDT · 2012 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
59. 3.811 km N of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Mar 28, 5:05 PM AKDT · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 18
60. 2.335 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Mar 29, 5:31 PM AKDT · 2010 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

1. 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Feb 15, 5:29 PM AKST · 2052 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
2. 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Feb 14, 6:08 AM AKST · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
3. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Feb 13, 3:57 PM AKST · 2054 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
4. 1.548 km N of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Feb 13, 11:27 AM AKST · 2054 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
5. 1.543 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Feb 12, 7:17 PM AKST · 2055 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
6. 2.046 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaFri, Feb 12, 3:49 AM AKST · 2056 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
7. 2.034 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Feb 11, 6:32 PM AKST · 2056 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
8. 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Feb 10, 5:20 PM AKST · 2057 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
9. 1.737 km N of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 7:03 PM AKST · 2058 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
10. 1.833 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 2:30 PM AKST · 2058 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
11. 1.556 km SE of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Feb 8, 8:22 AM AKST · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
12. 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 8:29 AM AKST · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
13. 1.850 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 3:02 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.529 km W of Valdez, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 8:26 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
15. 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Feb 5, 6:40 AM AKST · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
16. 2.233 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 8:20 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
17. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 8:08 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
18. 2.048 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 4:39 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
19. 2.342 km NNE of Cordova, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 12:31 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
20. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Feb 3, 3:09 PM AKST · 2064 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02125vppr4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:30 AM UTC.