M1.7 earthquake 58 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 9:33 PM AKST (06:33 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 67 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 06:33:45 UTC
- Depth
- 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.968° N, 149.644° 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
- 25
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 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.846 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 2090 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.535 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.954 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 76 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.166 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 88 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.036 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.246 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 78 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 75 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.538 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 127 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.539 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.859 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 125 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.231 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.748 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 69 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.533 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.626 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.869 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.265 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 64 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.765 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.564 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.554 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.569 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2084 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.278 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.069 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.459 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.851 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 153 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
- 1.543 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.645 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.757 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.338 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.550 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.543 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.062 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.245 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.261 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.933 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.514 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.858 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 75 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.638 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.127 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
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