M1.5 earthquake 21 km S of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km S of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Sep 5, 2017, 8:07 AM AKDT (16:07 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 50 km N of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-05 16:07:08 UTC
- Depth
- 82.0 km (51.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.194° N, 148.940° 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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 132 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.972 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 92 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3310 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.264 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 3308 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.250 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 42
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.612 km NE of Ferry, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.161 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.574 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.688 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.851 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.979 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.356 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 126 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.633 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.144 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.932 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.148 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.870 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.071 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 129 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.167 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.467 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.465 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.970 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.674 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.950 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.460 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.672 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.777 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.162 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 132 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.366 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.487 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.072 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.264 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.641 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.756 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.551 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.545 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.068 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 164.
Before
- 1.732 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.857 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.243 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.146 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Central Alaska · 3318 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.759 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.558 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 98
- 1.754 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 134 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Healy, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 124 km deep · 78 km away
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