Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km E of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km E of Ferry, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 3:48 PM AKST (00:48 UTC), 1 km (0 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
2021-01-14 00:48:26 UTC
Depth
0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.016° N, 148.759° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.612 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.727 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.641 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.5Central Alaska · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.520 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.926 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.822 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.07 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.630 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.030 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 140 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.315 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.573 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.723 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 101 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.636 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.642 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.66 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.663 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.118 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.156 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 133 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 1.75 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 118 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 1.722 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.7Central Alaska · 2059 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.12 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.979 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.061 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.580 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.14 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 2.215 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.177 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.75 km SSE of Healy, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.556 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 131 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 1.514 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 112 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.539 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.19 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 2.38 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 3.711 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 19
  46. 1.612 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 3.09 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.712 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.510 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 1.612 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 3.010 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.017 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.860 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.719 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.651 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.645 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.614 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.544 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 2.386 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.685 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.657 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.961 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.645 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.67 km S of Ferry, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 121 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.128 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.010 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.589 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.246 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.535 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.85 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 101
  15. 1.514 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.653 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.730 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.139 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.534 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.657 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021n5t7bf. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC.