Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 14 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska on Sun, May 9, 2021, 9:26 AM AKDT (17:26 UTC), 43 km (27 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-05-09 17:26:51 UTC
Depth
43.4 km (27.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.163° N, 146.619° 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
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.044 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.630 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.611 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.152 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.651 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.848 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.833 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.816 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.248 km S of Tonsina, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.843 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 22
  23. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.624 km NW of Cordova, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 1.513 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 10
  41. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 1.519 km NE of Cordova, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.49 km W of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.744 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.958 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.753 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.465 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.639 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.041 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.612 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.837 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.045 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.562 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1982 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.831 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1982 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.2Southern Alaska · 1982 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.37 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.652 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.535 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.939 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away

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