Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 11:21 PM AKDT (07:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 60 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-18 07:21:37 UTC
Depth
10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.909° N, 148.331° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.574 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.927 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.935 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 33
  5. 1.770 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.671 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 62 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.645 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.962 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.861 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.971 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 63 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.519 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.460 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 72 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 43
  13. 1.945 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.656 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.741 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.653 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.965 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.761 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.675 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.169 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.750 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.629 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.630 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.750 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.376 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.669 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 1.832 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.4Central Alaska · 1788 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.274 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 1.688 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.738 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.522 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.623 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.535 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.959 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.043 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.561 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.921 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.870 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.932 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.017 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.540 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.570 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.680 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.646 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.557 km E of Chase, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.068 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.569 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.781 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 1.730 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.569 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 1.674 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.717 km ENE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.642 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.472 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 1.5Central Alaska · 1805 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.623 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.530 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.872 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.661 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.6Central Alaska · 1811 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.864 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 69 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.559 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.916 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.847 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 60 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.584 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.153 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.057 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.083 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.784 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.362 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dddolve. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.