M1.8 earthquake 40 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 3:11 PM AKDT (23:11 UTC), 90 km (56 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-14 23:11:35 UTC
- Depth
- 89.7 km (55.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.142° N, 149.538° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.89 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.637 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.647 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.544 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.343 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.772 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.923 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 1864 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.052 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 108 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.827 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.262 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.562 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.950 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.872 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 114 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.865 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 122 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.557 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.955 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.765 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 84 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.359 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.676 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.975 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.512 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.244 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.537 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.754 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.541 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 74 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.432 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 1.650 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.557 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.937 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.512 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 131 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.113 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.150 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.569 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.360 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.754 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.046 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.348 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
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