Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 22 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska on Sun, Jun 13, 2021, 10:48 AM AKDT (18:48 UTC), 20 km (12 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-06-13 18:48:57 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.694° N, 148.299° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  12. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1895 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.939 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.58 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10
  7. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.65 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.655 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.936 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.140 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.639 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.847 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.254 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.849 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 3.047 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 22
  20. 1.62 km NE of Eagle River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away

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