M1.6 earthquake 51 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 8:51 AM AKDT (16:51 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 28 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-31 16:51:35 UTC
- Depth
- 91.3 km (56.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.100° N, 149.744° 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
- 53
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 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.622 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 131 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.657 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.841 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.620 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.351 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 91 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.837 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.745 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9Central Alaska · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.633 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.847 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.070 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.563 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.748 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.59 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.758 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.572 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 117 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.935 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1999 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 129 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 135 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.745 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.528 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1,975 · tsunami flag
- 2.018 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.666 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.556 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.670 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.742 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.65 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.853 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 77 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.770 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.722 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.628 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.645 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.056 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.265 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 126 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.055 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.570 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 109 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.140 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.428 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.970 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.565 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.755 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.360 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 90 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.164 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.757 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.758 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.070 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.244 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.843 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.444 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.548 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.456 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.242 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.664 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
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