Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 44 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 12:33 PM AKDT (20:33 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 44 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-12 20:33:40 UTC
Depth
72.5 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.283° N, 148.098° 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
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.962 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.840 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.89 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.454 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.637 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.069 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 250 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.87 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.544 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.343 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.923 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.950 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.861 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.765 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.559 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.676 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 3.244 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.864 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.754 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.93 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.550 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.969 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.915 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.736 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.781 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.132 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.469 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.851 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.239 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.244 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.881 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.087 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.132 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.140 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.639 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 121 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.815 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.512 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.73 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.113 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 3.150 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.837 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.348 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.963 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.162 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.972 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.973 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.871 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.539 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.052 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.261 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.051 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.941 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.368 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away

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