M1.7 earthquake 4 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 6:14 AM AKST (15:14 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-30 15:14:23 UTC
- Depth
- 63.8 km (39.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.034° N, 151.178° 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
- 52
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 145 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.641 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.626 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.525 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3562 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.529 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.935 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.712 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.63 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.423 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.347 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.841 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.647 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.742 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.514 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.68 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.370 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.072 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3552 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.568 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.912 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.947 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.341 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.629 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.727 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.770 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.645 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.686 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 152 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.991 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 153 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3566 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.048 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.226 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.19 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.370 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.09 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.624 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
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