Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 64 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 64 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 9:22 AM AKDT (17:22 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 47 km N of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-04-21 17:22:25 UTC
Depth
70.5 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.898° N, 148.303° 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
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.128 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.052 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.534 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.760 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.163 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.840 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.718 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.538 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.737 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.555 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.578 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.150 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.867 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.636 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.350 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 80 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.916 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.751 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.555 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.877 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.537 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.145 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.033 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.360 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 3.056 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.332 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.638 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.819 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.586 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 1.744 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.625 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.750 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.949 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.848 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 1.959 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.445 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.349 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.457 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.865 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.813 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.147 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.511 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.629 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.825 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.578 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.654 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.978 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.748 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 1.739 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.556 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.538 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.024 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.919 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.541 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.7Central Alaska · 2357 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.538 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.241 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.242 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.018 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.922 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.953 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.269 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.569 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.560 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.724 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.850 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.841 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.742 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.549 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.682 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.266 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.233 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.035 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away

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