Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 32 km NW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 32 km NW of Valdez, Alaska on Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 1:57 PM AKDT (21:57 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 18 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-20 21:57:23 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.372° N, 146.699° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.828 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1910 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.023 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 1.719 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.722 km NE of Chickaloon, AK · 1892 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 3.335 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  57. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 1.525 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 1.919 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.146 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 10
  19. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away

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