Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 75 km E of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km E of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:19 PM AKDT (23:19 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 51 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-24 23:19:15 UTC
Depth
27.9 km (17.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.456° N, 147.438° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.718 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.752 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.5Central Alaska · 1975 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.610 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.411 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 193 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.726 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.128 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.332 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 1.560 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.817 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 101 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 3.09 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 1.76 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.763 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.617 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.144 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.549 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.514 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.519 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.724 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.525 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.5Central Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.61 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 2.113 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 64 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 1.562 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.552 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.847 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.99 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.750 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.96 km N of Healy, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.714 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.56 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.5Central Alaska · 1994 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.958 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.428 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.563 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.050 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.567 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.620 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away

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