Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 53 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 5:13 PM AKDT (01:13 UTC), 86 km (54 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-07 01:13:31 UTC
Depth
86.3 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.068° N, 149.737° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.261 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 129 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.445 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.619 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.6Central Alaska · 1815 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.847 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.916 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.559 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.864 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.541 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 126 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.661 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.560 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.521 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.555 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.650 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.970 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 75 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.250 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.644 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.751 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.950 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.626 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.161 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.065 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 1.836 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.858 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.567 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.832 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 3.263 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 128 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.5Central Alaska · 1808 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 1.664 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.622 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.0Central Alaska · 1807 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.834 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.5Central Alaska · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.214 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 1.549 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.452 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.525 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.152 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 135 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 1.541 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 3.935 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 33
  59. 1.770 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.950 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.665 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.060 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 127 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.677 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.362 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.965 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 109 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.670 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.658 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 98 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.632 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.550 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.163 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.617 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.628 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.175 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.649 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cv35gid. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC.