M1.7 earthquake 54 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 12:44 PM AKST (21:44 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 57 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-07 21:44:27 UTC
- Depth
- 85.9 km (53.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.969° N, 149.502° 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
- 62
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
- 1.651 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.663 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 76 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.669 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.668 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.568 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.515 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.574 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.133 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.050 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.576 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 108 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.033 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.054 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 69 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.555 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.868 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.851 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1752 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.656 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.661 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.860 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.647 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.560 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 149 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.645 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.158 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.99 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.349 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 131 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.259 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.012 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.635 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.970 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.948 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.749 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.741 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.775 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.645 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.544 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.844 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.246 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.635 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.477 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 116 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.657 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.161 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 109 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.521 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.636 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.138 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.531 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.556 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.568 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.868 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 128 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.855 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
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