Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 40 km N of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 40 km N of Valdez, Alaska on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 11:30 PM AKDT (07:30 UTC), 20 km (13 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-22 07:30:37 UTC
Depth
20.3 km (12.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.495° N, 146.423° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.214 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.813 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.828 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.816 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.516 km W of Gulkana, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.614 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1914 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 2.023 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.719 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 3.335 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  53. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 1.525 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 1.919 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.324 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 1.530 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.56 km NNE of Glennallen, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.536 km NNE of Cordova, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.248 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away

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