M1.6 earthquake 70 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Sat, Nov 5, 2016, 12:05 AM AKDT (08:05 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 67 km WNW of Nikiski, 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
- 2016-11-05 08:05:17 UTC
- Depth
- 130.1 km (80.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.203° N, 152.420° 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
- 31
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.725 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.020 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 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 · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.530 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.632 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.979 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.536 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 120 km deep · 57 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 · 51 km away
- 2.016 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.513 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.440 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 116 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.663 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.626 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.457 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.252 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.111 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 120 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 113 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.838 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 129 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.510 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 91 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.652 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.079 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 79 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.619 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.634 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.826 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.936 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.656 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.510 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.186 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 169 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.722 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.942 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.627 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.944 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.921 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.972 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.556 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 94 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.834 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.560 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.752 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
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