M1.6 earthquake 30 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 30 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Oct 13, 2016, 1:18 AM AKDT (09:18 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-13 09:18:13 UTC
- Depth
- 75.1 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.114° N, 151.693° 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
- 37
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.134 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.646 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 101 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.146 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.618 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.916 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.033 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.776 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.530 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.119 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
- 2.018 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.443 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.516 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3633 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.414 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.943 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.361 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.08 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.978 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 164 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.820 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.644 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.515 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.811 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 70 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.636 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.175 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 123 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.718 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.758 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.519 km W of Willow, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 83 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.247 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.051 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.832 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.523 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
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