Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 7:27 PM AKDT (03:27 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 57 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-31 03:27:16 UTC
Depth
104.4 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.034° N, 150.959° 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
29

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 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.967 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.750 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 88 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.528 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 80 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.553 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 136 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.619 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 117 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 135 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 103 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.738 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.6Central Alaska · 1788 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.552 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.651 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.524 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 113 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.522 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.855 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.58 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.623 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.722 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 1.525 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.465 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 1.959 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 1.565 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 125 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 135 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.447 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.847 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.043 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 133 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 1.625 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.654 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 1.8Central Alaska · 1784 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.634 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.628 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.742 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.033 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.741 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 2.028 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.735 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.559 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 112 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.712 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.929 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.556 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 101 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.52 km SW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.528 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.563 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 134 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.045 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.659 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 124 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 2.0Central Alaska · 1777 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.639 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 2.12 km NW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.870 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 1.863 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 1.956 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.655 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.564 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.630 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.629 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.821 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 125 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 128 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.554 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.536 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.862 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 129 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.651 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 1.848 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 99 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.631 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.949 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 108 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.770 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 113 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.526 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.946 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.572 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.572 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.454 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 112 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dytbmk7. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.