Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 37 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 37 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska on Tue, Oct 29, 2024, 3:48 PM AKDT (23:48 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 35 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-29 23:48:06 UTC
Depth
30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.462° N, 146.487° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.728 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 702 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 702 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.79 km W of Mendeltna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.051 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 701 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.015 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 699 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.839 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 699 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.548 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.646 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.515 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 698 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.637 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 697 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.727 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 696 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.716 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 696 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.529 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 695 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.541 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 695 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.633 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 695 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.539 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 694 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.634 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 694 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.424 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 694 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.039 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 694 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.618 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 694 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.736 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 693 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.643 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 693 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.118 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 693 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 693 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.711 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 693 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.545 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 692 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.637 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.014 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.538 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 690 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.514 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.654 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 1.729 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 689 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.529 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 689 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 4.335 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 687 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 324 · tsunami flag
  35. 2.029 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 687 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 1.737 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 687 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.836 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 687 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.724 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 686 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 686 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 2.350 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 686 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.236 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 686 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 686 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 1.745 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 685 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 2.315 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 685 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  45. 1.748 km SW of Chitina, Alaska · 685 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.516 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 685 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 1.840 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 685 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 1.631 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 683 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.542 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 683 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 1.536 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 682 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 1.625 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 682 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 1.830 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 682 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.623 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 681 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.951 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 680 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 1.848 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 680 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.615 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 678 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 2.249 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 675 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 1.625 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 674 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.648 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 673 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.512 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 673 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 1.646 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 703 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.937 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 703 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.633 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 704 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.538 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 704 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.546 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 705 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.912 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 705 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.529 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 705 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.830 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 705 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.630 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 706 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.619 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 706 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.98 km NW of Nelchina, Alaska · 706 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.541 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 707 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.522 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 707 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.536 km S of Tolsona, Alaska · 707 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.944 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 707 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.644 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 708 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.619 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 708 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.614 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 709 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.629 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 710 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.646 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 710 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away

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