Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 65 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 65 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 11:24 PM AKDT (07:24 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 60 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-24 07:24:04 UTC
Depth
70.6 km (43.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.877° N, 148.335° 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
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.559 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.676 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.543 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.864 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.754 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.93 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.969 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.743 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.751 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.8Central Alaska · 1845 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.915 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.781 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 72 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.132 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.469 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.851 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.239 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.244 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.637 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.520 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.087 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.752 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.132 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 2.140 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.951 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.520 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.560 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 1.717 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.545 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.632 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.058 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.280 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  51. 1.645 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.937 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.652 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.047 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.574 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 1.822 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 1.756 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.571 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.625 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 1.861 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.950 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.939 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.827 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.637 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.343 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.544 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.87 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.069 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 250 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.637 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.840 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.760 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.432 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.557 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.962 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021auf53be. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.