M1.7 earthquake 54 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska on Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 12:37 AM AKDT (08:37 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 32 km NE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-11 08:37:38 UTC
- Depth
- 109.6 km (68.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.914° N, 151.311° 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
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.734 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.360 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.232 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.150 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.937 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.650 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.432 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 1.539 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.658 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9Central Alaska · 1875 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.227 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.56 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.869 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.741 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.637 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.547 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 125 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 115 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.647 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.544 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.772 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.612 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 1869 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 121 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 133 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.052 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 108 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.262 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.562 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.518 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.872 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.765 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.865 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.955 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 109 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.753 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.359 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 108 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.575 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.046 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.348 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 122 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.313 km WNW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.849 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 111 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.122 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 84 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 131 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 129 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 131 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 130 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.844 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 106 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.968 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.639 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0Central Alaska · 1885 days ago · 118 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.260 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 126 km deep · 21 km away
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