M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 3:35 AM AKDT (11:35 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 57 km S 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-08 11:35:59 UTC
- Depth
- 86.7 km (53.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.816° N, 150.642° 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
- 55
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.654 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.847 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.541 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 110 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 126 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.560 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 133 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.623 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.521 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.555 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 97 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.650 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 102 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.970 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 119 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.250 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.644 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 92 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.751 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.950 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.626 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.161 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.065 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.530 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.836 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 127 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.021 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 1.523 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.567 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.832 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 82 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.558 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 138 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.263 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1807 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 127 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.622 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 1806 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.834 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 83 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.214 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.643 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 96 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.549 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.452 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.525 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.152 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 135 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.541 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 102 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.935 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 33
- 1.770 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.950 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 115 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.072 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.49 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.619 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.445 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.261 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 129 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.824 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.649 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.153 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.329 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.871 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.060 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 127 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.511 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.965 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 129 km deep · 45 km away
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