M1.6 earthquake 57 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 8:29 AM AKST (17:29 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 11 km ESE of Ferry, 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
- 2021-01-11 17:29:16 UTC
- Depth
- 116.3 km (72.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.542° N, 150.057° 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
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 140 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.569 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2084 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.069 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.459 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.717 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.737 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.251 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.561 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.234 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.536 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.061 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.845 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.529 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.149 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.926 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.449 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.746 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 137 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.570 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.260 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 124 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.562 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.07 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.167 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 129 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 131 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2074 days ago · 113 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.658 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.631 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.860 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.954 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.342 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.944 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.554 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.564 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.67 km S of Ferry, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 125 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 129 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.265 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 126 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.533 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 129 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.748 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.231 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.859 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 125 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
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