Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 12:19 PM AKDT (20:19 UTC), 84 km (52 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-15 20:19:33 UTC
Depth
83.8 km (52.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.317° N, 149.062° 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
143

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 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.132 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 84 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.140 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.770 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.639 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 121 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.815 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.534 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.717 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 90 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.931 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 149 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 1.545 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.564 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 3.167 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 113 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.872 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.632 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.019 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.061 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.646 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.280 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.270 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.652 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.014 km NW of Ferry, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 139 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.757 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 1.79 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 117 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.5Central Alaska · 1825 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.857 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.574 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.822 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 116 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.8Central Alaska · 1823 days ago · 135 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.756 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 1.571 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.625 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 86 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 1.539 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.159 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.6Central Alaska · 1840 days ago · 127 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.244 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 98 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.239 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.851 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.858 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.132 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.062 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.849 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.781 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021bv0ocns (also filed as us7000fbkn). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC.