Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 22 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska on Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 11:34 AM AKST (20:34 UTC), 15 km (9 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
2021-02-05 20:34:26 UTC
Depth
15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.610° N, 148.643° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.916 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.12 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.14 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.215 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.75 km SSE of Healy, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.76 km WNW of Fox, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.514 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.539 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.19 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.38 km SE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.711 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 19
  13. 1.612 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.09 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.712 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.510 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.612 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.010 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.017 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.719 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.511 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.614 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 1.544 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.912 km N of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.823 km E of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.520 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.516 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.517 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.57 km NNW of Minto, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.720 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.89 km SSE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.821 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.628 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.614 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.68 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.811 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.534 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.022 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.111 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.525 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.7Central Alaska · 2020 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 1.88 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.448 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.914 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.011 km NNE of Minto, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.237 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.326 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.725 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 1.75 km WNW of Healy, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.523 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.118 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.66 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.525 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.119 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.723 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 134 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.315 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.526 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.02 km WNW of Badger, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.030 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.822 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.621 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.520 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.66 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.5Central Alaska · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.512 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

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