Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 28 km NW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Valdez, Alaska on Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 10:59 PM AKDT (06:59 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-03 06:59:30 UTC
Depth
19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.315° N, 146.725° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1907 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.023 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.719 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 3.335 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  41. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 1.525 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 1.919 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.324 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 1.530 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 2.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.628 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.357 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 2.322 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.546 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.042 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.620 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.840 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218get60w. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.