Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 50 km N of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 50 km N of Valdez, Alaska on Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 6:08 PM AKDT (02:08 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 29 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-19 02:08:52 UTC
Depth
19.1 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.583° N, 146.275° 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
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.134 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.939 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.213 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.312 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.335 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.813 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.535 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.045 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.814 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.248 km S of Tonsina, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 22
  43. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
  57. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 1.629 km E of Silver Springs, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.139 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.644 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.439 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 1.736 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.933 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.236 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.047 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.634 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.539 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.747 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.38 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.746 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.930 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.513 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.515 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.819 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.544 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.620 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.636 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.335 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away

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