Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 62 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 62 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 1:15 AM AKDT (09:15 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 32 km NE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-08 09:15:55 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.904° N, 148.339° 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: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.963 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.841 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.553 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 3.348 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.046 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.150 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.034 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.844 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.962 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.557 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.432 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.760 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.840 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 90 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.637 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.069 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 250 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.87 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.544 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.343 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.637 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.827 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.939 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 1.950 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.861 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.765 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 71 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.559 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.676 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 1.543 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.864 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.754 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.93 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 1.550 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.969 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.743 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.751 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.8Central Alaska · 1845 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.915 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.781 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 72 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.132 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.469 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.851 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 2.239 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.244 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 1.637 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.520 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.881 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.087 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 1.752 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 1.972 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.973 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.871 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.561 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.153 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.539 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.052 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.261 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.051 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.047 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.941 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.368 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.534 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.860 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 56 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.757 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.663 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.959 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.543 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.569 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.670 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021a3zol50. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.