Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 51 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 5:05 AM AKST (14:05 UTC), 89 km (55 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-04 14:05:47 UTC
Depth
88.6 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.091° N, 149.729° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.641 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.311 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.870 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.859 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 131 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.159 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 1.964 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.530 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.062 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.533 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.0Central Alaska · 2032 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.451 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.555 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.5Central Alaska · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.664 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.010 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.05 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.623 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.759 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.550 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 123 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.62 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.346 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.022 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 79 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.68 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.537 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.763 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.862 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 88 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.856 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.523 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 1.543 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.553 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 94 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.060 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 1.556 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 1.532 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 1.553 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 109 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.631 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.523 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.7Central Alaska · 2021 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
  51. 2.262 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.111 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.675 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.862 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.037 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 3.154 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.555 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 1.744 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.843 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.243 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.964 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.860 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.050 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.163 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.058 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.468 km N of Petersville, AK · 2036 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.054 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.652 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.932 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.722 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.529 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.633 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 101 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.556 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.613 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.760 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.847 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.570 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212wf83sg. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.