Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 38 km N of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 38 km N of Valdez, Alaska on Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 8:25 AM AKDT (16:25 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 14 km NW of Glennallen, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Valdez forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-20 16:25:56 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.472° N, 146.461° 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
135

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.719 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.335 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.551 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.211 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.525 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.919 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.324 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.530 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.047 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 1.628 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.357 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 2.322 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.546 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.042 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 1.620 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.516 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.616 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.949 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 2.012 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.942 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.146 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 1.56 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.448 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.815 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.848 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.043 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.658 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 2.250 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.527 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 1.542 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.547 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.52 km SSW of Valdez, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.849 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 2.031 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.617 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.613 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.552 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.543 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

  1. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.023 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.840 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1909 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.614 km NNW of Glennallen, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.516 km W of Gulkana, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02198op65v (also filed as us7000enr7). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC.