M2.7 earthquake 14 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 4:38 PM AKDT (00:38 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 66 km ENE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.032 · 128 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 159.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024asnit2o (also filed as us7000n8kz). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.