Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 23 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska on Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 10:26 PM AKST (07:26 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 11 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-28 07:26:48 UTC
Depth
134.3 km (83.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.955° N, 149.577° 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
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.030 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.636 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.544 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.642 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 123 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.775 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.118 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.156 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 133 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.5Central Alaska · 2060 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.75 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 118 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.722 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.668 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.12 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.061 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.14 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.215 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 2.127 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.542 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.75 km SSE of Healy, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.966 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 127 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.556 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 1.514 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.846 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.235 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 133 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 1.539 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.19 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.38 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 3.711 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 19
  37. 1.612 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 3.09 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.712 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.510 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.612 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 3.010 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.546 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.017 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 1.719 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.669 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.651 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.645 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.150 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.672 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.544 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.531 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.636 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 123 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 1.510 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.042 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.847 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.613 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.633 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 1.871 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.924 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 140 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.068 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.630 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.07 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.822 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.260 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.570 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.746 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.449 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.926 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.520 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.371 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.641 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.727 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.737 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211afdf85. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.