M1.9 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 9:57 AM AKST (18:57 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 67 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 18:57:21 UTC
- Depth
- 117.5 km (73.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.112° N, 150.700° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 137 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.535 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.954 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.166 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 107 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.036 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.246 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 131 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.833 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.538 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.867 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 127 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.539 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.541 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.859 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 125 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.231 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 129 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.533 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 115 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.265 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 126 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 118 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 129 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.765 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 125 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.765 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.564 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.554 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 123 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.569 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2084 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.069 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.459 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 128 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 112 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.534 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 128 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 128 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.737 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 112 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 116 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 115 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.648 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.846 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.758 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.851 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 153 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 10
- 1.543 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.731 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.645 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.757 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 126 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 123 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.732 km SSW of Denali National Park, AK · 2091 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.338 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.550 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.543 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.261 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 129 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.933 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.526 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
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