Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 71 km E of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km E of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 9:12 PM AKDT (05:12 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-30 05:12:28 UTC
Depth
2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.441° N, 147.534° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.625 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.617 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 116 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.163 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.753 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.482 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.383 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.362 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.784 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.083 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.584 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.847 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.916 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.559 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.864 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.6Central Alaska · 1815 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.524 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.5Central Alaska · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.574 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.770 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.645 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 1.971 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 4.460 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 43
  29. 1.977 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.543 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.66 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.618 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.761 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.675 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.169 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.618 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.629 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.376 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.669 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.515 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.4Central Alaska · 1792 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 1.688 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.561 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 2.921 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.540 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.680 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.068 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 67 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 1.569 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.781 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.730 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.223 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.674 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.472 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 1.532 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.666 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 2.347 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.83 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.662 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.822 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.574 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.965 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.79 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.280 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.019 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 124 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.984 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.815 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.132 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.087 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.881 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cjkrjm1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC.