Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km SE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km SE of Whittier, Alaska on Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 4:49 AM AKDT (12:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 59 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-12 12:49:06 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.616° N, 148.422° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.255 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.936 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.538 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.033 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.935 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.735 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.556 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.043 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.352 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.857 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.639 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.635 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.652 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.516 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.616 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 2.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.752 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.520 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.849 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.747 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.646 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.738 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.940 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.723 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.527 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.127 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.01 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.83 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.919 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.339 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.526 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.93 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.325 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.912 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.357 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.81 km NNW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.950 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.128 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.042 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.521 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 2.834 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 1.835 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.621 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.012 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.94 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 2.05 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.613 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.732 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.534 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.931 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.617 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.952 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.621 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.050 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.035 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  13. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.853 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.857 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.549 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.519 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.348 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.354 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218ve5p4n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC.