Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 31 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 31 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska on Sat, May 1, 2021, 8:03 AM AKDT (16:03 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-01 16:03:39 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.202° N, 146.914° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1974 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.045 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.248 km S of Tonsina, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 22
  39. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 10
  57. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1974 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1974 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.932 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.652 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.143 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 96 · tsunami flag
  8. 2.140 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.535 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.939 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.731 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.134 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.750 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.813 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.748 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.139 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.644 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.439 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.933 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away

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