Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 68 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 68 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 5:11 AM AKST (14:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 72 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-10 14:11:21 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.167° N, 147.681° 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
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.246 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 250 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.851 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.656 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.860 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.856 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.686 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.75 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.512 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.568 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.674 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.657 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.577 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.113 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.839 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.830 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.131 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.763 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.576 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.621 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.5Central Alaska · 1723 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.210 km WNW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.978 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.525 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.924 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 3.657 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  27. 1.573 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.539 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.134 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 150 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.321 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.714 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.050 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.133 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 2.057 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 1.648 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.658 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.662 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.157 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 1.646 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 1.717 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 1.650 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.871 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.627 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 1.89 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.976 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.118 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.984 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.583 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.574 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.935 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.916 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.940 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 1.817 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.511 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 5.272 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1,362
  59. 2.725.4 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 1.841 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.754 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.963 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.570 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.543 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.075 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.573 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.172 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.940 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.662 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.351 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.83 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.248 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.347 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.666 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.532 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.472 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.674 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.730 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ft59uw7. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC.