Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 52 km NW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 52 km NW of Paxson, Alaska on Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 5:15 PM AKDT (01:15 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-30 01:15:48 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.477° N, 146.210° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.756 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.572 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 193 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.282 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.726 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.522 km WSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.661 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.560 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.066 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.872 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.161 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.580 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.081 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 3.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.529 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.762 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.723 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.732 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.369 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 3.031 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.845 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 1.545 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 2.9Central Alaska · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.837 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.886 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.638 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.045 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.675 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.681 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.062 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.750 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.880 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.958 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.563 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.050 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.763 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.542 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.070 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.261 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.679 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215ih6ebp. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.