M1.6 earthquake 42 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 7:57 AM AKST (16:57 UTC), 113 km (70 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-29 16:57:56 UTC
- Depth
- 113.0 km (70.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.557° N, 149.714° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.131 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.540 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.452 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.353 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.737 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.247 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.271 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.543 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 99 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 130 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1731 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 138 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 121 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.621 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.645 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.668 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.040 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.860 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.141 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.650 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.470 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.331 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.841 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1723 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.210 km WNW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.07 km N of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 208 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1723 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.863 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 110 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.525 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.924 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.547 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1722 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.961 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.657 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.541 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 123 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.541 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 1.561 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 122 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 132 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.830 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 134 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.470 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.057 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 139 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.839 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.746 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.39 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.113 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.560 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 137 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.959 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.724 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.161 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
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