M1.5 earthquake 48 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 3:37 PM AKST (00:37 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 30 km NW of Valdez, 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
- 2021-02-07 00:37:14 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.629° N, 147.853° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.627 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.034 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.843 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.533 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.632 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.932 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.848 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.545 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.844 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.816 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.930 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.547 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.842 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2038 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.055 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.952 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.430 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.929 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.428 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.332 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.731 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.642 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.848 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.214 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
- 1.535 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.029 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.529 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.510 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.335 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.71 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 1.529 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
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