Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 45 km N of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 45 km N of Valdez, Alaska on Sat, May 1, 2021, 10:56 PM AKDT (06:56 UTC), 16 km (10 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-02 06:56:30 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.535° N, 146.501° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.814 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.248 km S of Tonsina, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 22
  29. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 10
  43. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.56 km NNE of Glennallen, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1983 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1983 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1983 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.535 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.813 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.335 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.312 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.213 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.939 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.731 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.134 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.750 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.813 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.139 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.644 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.439 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away

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