M1.7 earthquake 59 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 5:23 PM AKDT (01:23 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-19 01:23:07 UTC
- Depth
- 70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.923° N, 149.500° 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
- 20
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.649 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.376 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.255 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.332 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.550 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.840 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.544 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.742 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.741 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.442 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.442 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.761 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 68 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.754 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.933 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.444 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 58 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 91 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.549 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.059 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.734 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.949 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.621 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.821 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Central Alaska · 1944 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.568 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.328 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
- 1.662 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.935 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.031 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 6.173 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4,618 · tsunami flag
- 3.873 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
- 3.476 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.974 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.077 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 16
- 2.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.652 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.062 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.548 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.748 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 113 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.618 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.651 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.671 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.572 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.259 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.140 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 107 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 104 km deep · 60 km away
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