M1.5 earthquake 50 km W of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 50 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Sep 4, 2021, 8:50 PM AKDT (04:50 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 60 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-05 04:50:52 UTC
- Depth
- 100.8 km (62.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.426° N, 149.950° 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
- 34
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 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.515 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.056 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.959 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 108 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.915 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.752 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.160 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.736 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.062 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 107 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.132 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.858 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.239 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.244 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.832 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.048 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 154 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1840 days ago · 127 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 134 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.657 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 128 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.142 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 128 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.132 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.039 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.132 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 103 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.149 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.140 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 99 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 125 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.639 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 121 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 119 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.521 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.660 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.93 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1849 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.962 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.541 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.754 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 134 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.537 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.244 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 123 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.975 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 124 km deep · 32 km away
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