M1.7 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:31 PM AKST (01:31 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 40 km W of Petersville, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-01 01:31:04 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.265° N, 150.723° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.559 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 127 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.629 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 138 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 130 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 115 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 121 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 133 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.071 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1728 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.060 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.645 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 112 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.748 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.668 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 112 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.040 km N of Chase, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.860 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.813 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.141 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.650 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.655 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.470 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 112 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 113 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.331 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.841 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1723 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 118 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.210 km WNW of Denali Park, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.960 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.07 km N of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 208 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 127 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 1722 days ago · 117 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 118 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.773 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 110 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.547 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 1721 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.961 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.657 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.842 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.541 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.541 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 98 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.756 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 81 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.824 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 130 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.543 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.926 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.271 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 121 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.247 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.737 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.353 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.249 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.452 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.540 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.554 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.561 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 122 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 132 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.830 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 134 km deep · 23 km away
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