M1.7 earthquake 55 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 55 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 8:28 AM AKDT (16:28 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 41 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-21 16:28:09 UTC
- Depth
- 116.8 km (72.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.547° N, 150.013° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.517 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.668 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.650 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.618 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.976 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.518 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.840 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2171 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.824 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.855 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.775 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.866 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.169 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 138 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.573 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.640 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.860 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.541 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.743 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 161 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.055 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.844 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.653 km ENE of Cantwell, AK · 2165 days ago · 91 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.262 km E of Cantwell, AK · 2165 days ago · 125 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Denali National Park, AK · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 2164 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 2164 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.718 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.143 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.671.1 km S of Petersville, AK · 2163 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Chase, AK · 2162 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.534 km NE of Chase, AK · 2162 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.872 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 2162 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Denali National Park, AK · 2162 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 120 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.755 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.544 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.157 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.550 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Denali National Park, AK · 2161 days ago · 132 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.546.7 km S of Petersville, AK · 2160 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.610 km N of Healy, AK · 2160 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.727 km SE of Cantwell, AK · 2160 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.560 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 126 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.753 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.245 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.245 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.959 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 1.543 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.752 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.437 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.434 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 142 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.933 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.651 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.031 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 132 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.243 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 101 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.163 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.955 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 131 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.460 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.536 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
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