Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 1:29 AM AKST (10:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 11 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-06 10:29:28 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.560° N, 147.392° 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
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.12 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.979 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.580 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.14 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.79 km SSW of Fort Greely, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.177 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.75 km SSE of Healy, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.514 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.19 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.38 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.711 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 19
  13. 1.612 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.09 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.712 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.510 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.612 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.010 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.017 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 115 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.659 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.860 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 1.719 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.651 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.645 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 1.510 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.758 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.479 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 72 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 1.760 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.613 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.520 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.720 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.964 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.821 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.533 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 1.5Central Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.759 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.68 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.523 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.582 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 1.523 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.037 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 3.37 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.521 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.914 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.672 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 1.722 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.822 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.810 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.547 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 1.622 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.237 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.679 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 73 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 3.261 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.75 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.663 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.931 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.760 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.573 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.948 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.564 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.07 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.926 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.717 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.386 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.685 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.961 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away

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