M1.5 earthquake 2 km SSW of Valdez, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Valdez, Alaska on Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 3:58 PM AKDT (23:58 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 40 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-03 23:58:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.108° N, 146.360° 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
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.849 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.350 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.750 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.552 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.543 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.520 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.950 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.531 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.017 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.647 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.946 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.348 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.750 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.347 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.751 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.748 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.548 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.064 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.630 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.525 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.710 km ENE of Valdez, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.124 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.649 km W of Tonsina, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.050 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.647 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.141 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.047 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.759 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.649 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.550 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.520 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.648 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.745 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.626 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.849 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 1.547 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.250 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.043 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.553 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.448 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.146 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.942 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.012 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.949 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.616 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1866 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.516 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
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