M1.5 earthquake 60 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 60 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Oct 27, 2016, 6:31 PM AKDT (02:31 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 29 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-28 02:31:16 UTC
- Depth
- 109.6 km (68.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.086° N, 152.258° 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
- 18
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 120 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.834 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.210 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.556 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 94 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.972 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.921 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.944 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.627 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.942 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.722 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 133 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.186 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 169 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.510 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.656 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 130 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.020 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.927 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.530 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 119 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.632 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.979 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.536 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 120 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.622 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3617 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.016 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.36 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.513 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.440 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 116 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.663 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.752 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 96 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.515 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.644 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.820 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.978 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 164 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.08 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.361 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.943 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3632 days ago · 112 km deep · 8 km away
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