M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 11:32 AM AKDT (19:32 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 63 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-03 19:32:35 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.129° N, 151.423° 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
- 40
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 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.660 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.550 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.515 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.034 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.056 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 127 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.959 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.752 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 117 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 126 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 124 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.160 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.736 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.062 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.858 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.520 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.244 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.832 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.048 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 154 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Central Alaska · 1840 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.628 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.657 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 128 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.142 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.467 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 128 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.440 km SSW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 110 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.132 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.336 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.149 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.140 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 125 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 115 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 131 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.768 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.572 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.564 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.962 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.541 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.757 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 127 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.931 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.754 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 134 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.537 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.244 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.514 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.739 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.975 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.625 km SSW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
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