Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 16 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 9:35 PM AKDT (05:35 UTC), 90 km (56 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-10-09 05:35:33 UTC
Depth
89.7 km (55.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.470° N, 148.669° 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
65

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.559 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.864 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.6Central Alaska · 1819 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.661 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.970 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.524 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 102 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.567 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.5Central Alaska · 1813 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.5Central Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.574 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.152 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 135 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.770 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.072 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.645 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.962 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.861 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.971 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 4.460 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 43
  24. 2.173 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.622 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 137 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.945 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.656 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.977 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.66 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.965 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.618 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 116 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.569 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.761 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.675 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.624 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 145 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.946 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.225 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.169 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 2.618 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.629 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 1.750 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.376 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 1.669 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.515 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 2.4Central Alaska · 1796 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.620 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 144 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.688 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.738 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.959 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 2.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.043 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.561 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.921 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.870 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 2.847 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.261 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.584 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.153 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.083 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.784 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.677 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.362 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.383 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.482 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.965 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.658 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.753 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.163 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.617 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.757 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.674 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away

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