Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 40 km NE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 40 km NE of Whittier, Alaska on Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 5:33 PM AKDT (01:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-03 01:33:39 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.997° N, 148.103° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.731 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.736 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.915 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
  10. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  33. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 1.828 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1912 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.512 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.81 km WNW of Wasilla, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.610 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 22
  11. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.630 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.66 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.539 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.949 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.535 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away

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