Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 36 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska on Mon, May 3, 2021, 5:07 AM AKDT (13:07 UTC), 30 km (18 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-03 13:07:11 UTC
Depth
29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.446° N, 146.567° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.814 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.616 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.514 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.725 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.625 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.248 km S of Tonsina, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 22
  31. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 1.625 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 10
  46. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.045 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1978 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.535 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.813 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.335 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.312 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.213 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.939 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.731 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.134 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.750 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.813 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.139 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.644 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away

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