Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 48 km S of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km S of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Feb 2, 2021, 8:57 PM AKST (05:57 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-03 05:57:41 UTC
Depth
70.5 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.961° N, 149.028° 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
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 136 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.156 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 133 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.617 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 54
  3. 1.5Central Alaska · 2062 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.668 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 129 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.651 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.947 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.550 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.752 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.12 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.533 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.659 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.14 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.160 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.766 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 127 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.75 km SSE of Healy, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 121 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.966 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.556 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.565 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.969 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 133 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.767 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.556 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.659 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.069 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.814 km NW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.610 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.262 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.017 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 1.57 km NNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.659 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.860 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.651 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.841 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 3.154 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.645 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.768 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.646 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 71 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 3.449 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.531 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.531 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 81 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 2.162 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 1.636 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.510 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.242 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.856 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.663 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.54 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.775 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.642 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 127 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.548 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.636 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.170 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.455 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.559 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.946 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.525 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 10

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211kbl9xd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC.