Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km ESE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km ESE of Chase, Alaska on Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:45 PM AKDT (06:45 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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
2021-09-18 06:45:14 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.402° N, 149.717° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
15

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 128 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.154 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.560 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.622 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.911 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.98 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.815 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.831 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.64 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.770 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.57 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.551 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.930 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.326 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.717 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.75 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.612 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.661 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.545 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.86 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.511 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 3.167 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.554 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.010 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 1.872 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.89 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.733 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.151 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.632 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.671 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.5Central Alaska · 1826 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.058 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.322 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.76 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  41. 1.646 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.23 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 1.617 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.131 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.645 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.270 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.937 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 1.652 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.626 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.757 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.15 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.047 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.611 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 3.026 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.569 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.737 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.838 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.756 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.515 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.951 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.522 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.762 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.531 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.052 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.140 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.858 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.514 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.911 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.925 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.752 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1835 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.119 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.826 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.627 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.925 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.728 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away

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