Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska on Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 3:41 PM AKDT (23:41 UTC), 8 km (5 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-06 23:41:34 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.583° N, 148.548° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  15. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.924 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.827 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1892 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 2.125 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.620 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.956 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.725 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.740 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.526 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.737 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.955 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 3.14 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 22
  19. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away

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