M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 3:40 AM AKDT (11:40 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 28 km SE 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-07 11:40:09 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.486° N, 148.299° 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
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.763 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.528 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1,975 · tsunami flag
- 1.65 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.853 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.722 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 85 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.567 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.056 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.563 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.140 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.428 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.958 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1992 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.714 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.558 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.755 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.548 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.96 km N of Healy, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.731 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.99 km E of Healy, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.847 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.848 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.540 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.531 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.360 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.046 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.718 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 111 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.560 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1973 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 193 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.448 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.739 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 1.563 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.560 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.261 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.679 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.565 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.360 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.963 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.757 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.758 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.244 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.810 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.562 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
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