M1.6 earthquake 55 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska on Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 8:34 AM AKST (17:34 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-27 17:34:17 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.001° N, 147.771° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.643 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 583 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.538 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 583 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 582 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.649 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 582 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.742 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 582 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.755 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 582 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 582 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 582 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.624 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 582 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.722 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 582 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.526 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 582 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.544 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 581 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 580 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 580 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.619 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 580 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.847 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 579 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.522 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 579 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.617 km S of Girdwood, Alaska · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.937 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 578 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 578 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.544 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 577 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 577 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 576 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.836 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 576 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.748 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 576 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 575 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.734 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 575 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.557 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 575 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 575 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 575 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.231 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 574 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 574 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 574 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.129 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 574 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 573 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.546 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 572 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 572 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 572 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.741 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 571 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.89 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 571 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.525 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 571 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.813 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 571 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 570 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.344 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 570 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.745 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 570 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 569 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 569 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.624 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 569 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 569 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 569 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 568 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 568 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.053 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 567 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.832 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 566 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.821 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 565 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 565 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.819 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 565 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.538 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 565 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.533 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 565 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 1.518 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 583 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.749 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 583 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.649 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 584 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.927 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 585 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.528 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 585 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.720 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 586 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 586 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 587 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.656 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 588 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.555 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 589 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.517 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 589 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.530 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 589 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 589 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.640 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 590 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 590 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.015 km SSW of Gateway, Alaska · 591 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.425 km SE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 591 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.911 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 592 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 594 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.024 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 594 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
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