M1.8 earthquake 26 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 26 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 20, 2017, 11:30 PM AKST (08:30 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-21 08:30:52 UTC
- Depth
- 81.2 km (50.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.071° N, 151.630° 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
- 34
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 151 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3543 days ago · 83 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3542 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.517 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.745 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.966 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.478 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 171 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.730 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 1.59 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.140 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.525 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.759 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.58 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 95 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.428 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.720 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.538 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.656 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.672 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.172 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3532 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.943 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.618 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.78 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.610 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.031 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.724 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.920 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.667 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017yv8art (also filed as ak15114823). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC.