Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 49 km NE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km NE of Whittier, Alaska on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 4:03 AM AKDT (12:03 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-21 12:03:13 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.100° N, 148.057° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.714 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.834 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.526 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.740 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.117 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.945 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  11. 1.742 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.651 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.843 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.828 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.711 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.946 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.546 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.621 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.748 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.347 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.937 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.61 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 3.133 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.718 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1910 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.619 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.624 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.622 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.646 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.548 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.938 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.119 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.736 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.719 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.613 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.614 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.232 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.57 km SSE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.640 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.633 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.813 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.922 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.85 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.947 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.938 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.431 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.433 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 3.729 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 10
  19. 2.431 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.622 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217wnlkcr. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC.