M1.7 earthquake 27 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 1:39 PM AKST (22:39 UTC), 98 km (61 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-15 22:39:55 UTC
- Depth
- 98.4 km (61.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.506° N, 149.446° 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: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.641 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.251 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 124 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.234 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.061 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.845 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.926 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.449 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.746 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.570 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 94 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.260 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.562 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.07 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.167 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2075 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.658 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.564 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.631 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.547 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.860 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 140 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.342 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.944 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.165 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.760 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.723 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.264 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.946 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.455 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.030 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.170 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.023 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.548 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.544 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 123 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.775 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 89 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.737 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.717 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.459 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.069 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.569 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
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