Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 59 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 6:09 PM AKST (03:09 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 28 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-18 03:09:20 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.931° N, 148.362° 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: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.860 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.651 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.154 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.645 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.140 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.646 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.449 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.531 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.531 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.162 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.510 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.552 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.530 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.429 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.758 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.479 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.760 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.613 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.556 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.633 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.932 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.774 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.243 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.751 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.159 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.964 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 61 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.530 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.533 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.451 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.5Central Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.623 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.759 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 1.7Central Alaska · 2026 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.346 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.951 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.862 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.856 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.523 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.543 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.553 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.060 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.532 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 1.582 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.631 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 1.7Central Alaska · 2019 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.262 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.675 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.037 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 3.154 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 1.843 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.047 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 1.533 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.262 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.528 km WNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.767 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.565 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.828 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.177 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.580 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.979 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.752 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.550 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.947 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.7Central Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.651 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.730 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 102 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.548 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212936a0a. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.