Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 10:14 PM AKST (07:14 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 30 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-16 07:14:41 UTC
Depth
86.8 km (53.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.572° N, 151.325° 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
65

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 174 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.251 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.67 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.123 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.657 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.739 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.561 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.629 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.234 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.773 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.536 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.061 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.524 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.529 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.526 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.935 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.649 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.371 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.149 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.555 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.928 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.525 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 137 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.570 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.260 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.933 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.562 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.929 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.520 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.622 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.628 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 3.167 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 1.67 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.736 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.6Central Alaska · 2076 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 1.918 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.658 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.633 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.529 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.521 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.631 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.637 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 79 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.660 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.115 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.646 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.860 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.954 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.342 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 2.912 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.713 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 1.657 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.944 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 1.547 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.566 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.659 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.530 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2083 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.935 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.558 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 128 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 128 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.534 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.459 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.639 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.5Central Alaska · 2085 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.841 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.538 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.8Central Alaska · 2086 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away

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