M2.1 earthquake 40 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 40 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 3:54 AM AKDT (11:54 UTC), 99 km (62 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-17 11:54:12 UTC
- Depth
- 99.4 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.295° N, 149.739° 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
- 73
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 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 115 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.520 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.639 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 87 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 131 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 99 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.815 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 90 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.931 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 149 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.545 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.564 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.167 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 116 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.872 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.151 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1826 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.019 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.061 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.646 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.221 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.131 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.270 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.652 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Ferry, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 139 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.757 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1822 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.822 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 116 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 1821 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.756 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 86 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.768 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 126 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.149 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 103 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.132 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.518 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.142 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.520 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.657 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1837 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.048 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 154 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
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