M2.6 earthquake 23 km E of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23 km E of Chase, Alaska on Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 3:42 AM AKST (12:42 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 28 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-08 12:42:09 UTC
- Depth
- 56.3 km (35.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.489° N, 149.650° 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
- 148
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 146 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.326 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.759 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.567 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.523 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2027 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.346 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.951 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 79 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.716 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.763 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.516 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.862 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.551 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.712 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.856 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.833 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.656 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.520 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.553 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.556 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.553 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.558 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2019 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.923 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.262 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.739 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.675 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.862 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 121 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.037 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.154 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.555 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.744 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.316 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.047 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.051 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.39 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.860 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.518 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.437 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.451 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.062 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.964 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.159 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.870 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.612 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.751 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
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