M2.1 earthquake 63 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 63 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, May 8, 2017, 3:36 AM AKDT (11:36 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 32 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-08 11:36:08 UTC
- Depth
- 110.6 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.067° N, 152.309° 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
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.922 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.337 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 107 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.542 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.537 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.939 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.635 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.570 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 114 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.714 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 3432 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.542 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.72 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.229 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.572 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 170 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.856 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.452 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.171 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 111 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.920 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.571 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3424 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3423 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 113 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.950 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 89 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 133 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.162 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.613 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.520 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 134 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.233 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.741 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.013 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 173.
Before
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.838 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.541 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.960 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.521 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.027 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3438 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.270 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3439 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.582 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 134 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.425 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.636 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
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