Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 8 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 1:56 PM AKDT (21:56 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 34 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-06 21:56:56 UTC
Depth
85.7 km (53.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.342° N, 149.089° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.062 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 789 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.770 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 789 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 789 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.658 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 788 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.570 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.218 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.560 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 787 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.568 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 787 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.027 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 787 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.531 km W of Denali Park, Alaska · 786 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.558 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 786 days ago · 139 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.861 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 785 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.433 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 784 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.260 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 784 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.647 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 783 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.848 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 782 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.862 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 782 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.044 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 781 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.872 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 781 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.362 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 780 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.650 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 780 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.675 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 780 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.037 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 779 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.647 km N of Chase, Alaska · 778 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 778 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.450 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 777 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.142 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 777 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 775 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.554 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 775 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.742 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 775 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.146 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 774 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 1.766 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 774 days ago · 125 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.714 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 774 days ago · 90 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.08 km NE of Denali Park, Alaska · 774 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.941 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.619 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 773 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.062 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 772 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.566 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 772 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.532 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 772 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.659 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 771 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.970 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 771 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.567 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 769 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.966 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 769 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.514 km W of Healy, Alaska · 768 days ago · 117 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 768 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 767 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 767 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.763 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 766 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.964 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 766 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 1.960 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 765 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.862 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 765 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.919 km W of Healy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 3.263 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 764 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.566 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 764 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.971 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 763 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.358 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 762 days ago · 135 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.670 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 762 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.543 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 761 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.555 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 761 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.833 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 760 days ago · 80 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 2.278 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 789 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.058 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 790 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.762 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 790 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.658 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 793 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.244 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 794 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.037 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 794 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.849 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 795 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.786 km ESE of Denali Park, Alaska · 795 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.957 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 796 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.164 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 797 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.668 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 797 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.454 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 798 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.761 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 799 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.666 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 799 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.068 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 800 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.818 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 800 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.844 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 800 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.165 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 801 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.268 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 801 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 801 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024a2jj8d6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC.