Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 53 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Oct 2, 2021, 11:20 PM AKDT (07:20 UTC), 2 km (1 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-03 07:20:07 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.516° N, 147.908° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.482 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.383 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.362 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.784 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.083 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.584 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.847 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.916 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 90 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.559 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.864 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.6Central Alaska · 1815 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.524 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.5Central Alaska · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.574 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.770 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.645 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 81 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.971 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 4.460 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 43
  25. 1.945 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.977 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.543 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.66 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.965 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.618 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.761 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 1.675 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 1.946 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.169 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 2.618 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.629 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.376 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 1.669 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.515 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.4Central Alaska · 1792 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.620 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 144 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.688 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.738 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 4.131 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 179
  45. 2.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.043 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.561 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.921 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.540 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.570 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.680 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.068 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 1.569 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.045 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.781 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.730 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 2.223 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.674 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.163 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.617 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.625 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.571 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.822 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.574 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.965 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.79 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.014 km NW of Ferry, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 139 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.280 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.019 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.632 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.984 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.545 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.815 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021coklyyz. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC.