Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 70 km S of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 70 km S of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 3:19 AM AKDT (11:19 UTC), 6 km (4 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-19 11:19:34 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.770° N, 148.748° 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
60

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.610 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 3.49 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  4. 1.962 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 63 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.861 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.971 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.519 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.460 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 43
  10. 2.173 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.945 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.656 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.741 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.653 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.635 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.965 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 65 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.761 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.226 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.811 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.750 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.629 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 1.630 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.750 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.528 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.669 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 1.832 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.4Central Alaska · 1790 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.274 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.738 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.651 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.522 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.58 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.623 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.535 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 1.959 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.847 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.043 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.634 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.921 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.870 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 1.823 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.932 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.540 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 1.570 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.680 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.646 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 1.52 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.0Central Alaska · 1780 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.557 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 2.068 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.569 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 2.0Central Alaska · 1778 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 148.

Before

  1. 3.935 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 33
  2. 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.214 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.5Central Alaska · 1805 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.834 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.5Central Alaska · 1807 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.832 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.567 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.065 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.134 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.644 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.650 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.555 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.623 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.530 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.872 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.661 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021df3l93o. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.