Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 36 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 36 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska on Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 8:07 AM AKDT (16:07 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 9 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-09 16:07:34 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.149° N, 148.443° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.781 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.132 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.554 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.913 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 114 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.517 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 4.99 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1,086
  7. 1.99 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  8. 1.57 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  9. 1.97 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.68 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.881 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.49 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.087 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.77 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.56 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.08 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.89 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.99 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.039 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.88 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.59 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.89 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.910 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.912 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 3.18 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.18 km NW of Anderson, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.639 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.049 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 1.518 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.815 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 113 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 1.534 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 1.931 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 149 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.08 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.18 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.564 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.984 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.019 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.719 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.014 km NW of Ferry, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 139 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.79 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.826 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.857 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.965 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 1.574 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.822 km ENE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.571 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.93 km SSE of Badger, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.617 km W of Healy, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.753 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.482 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.383 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 1.784 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.083 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.811 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.114 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.584 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.818 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.916 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.523 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 2.014 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 1.915 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.85 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.93 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.017 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.962 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.244 km WSW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.83 km S of Fox, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.861 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.426 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.524 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.563 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.08 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.813 km SE of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.923 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.834 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.87 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.454 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.89 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.848 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.844 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away

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