Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 2:35 PM AKST (23:35 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 92 km W of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-11 23:35:55 UTC
Depth
10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.098° N, 153.960° 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
53

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.192 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 170 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 132 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.279 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.171 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.285 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 153 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.367 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.090 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 132 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.764 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 133 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.863 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2053 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.557 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.9Southern Alaska · 2050 days ago · 165 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.569 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.680 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 117 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.655 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.556 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.070 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 117 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.970 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.073 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.552 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 2.346 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 177 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.439 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 174 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.682 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.942 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 163 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.047 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 159 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.8Southern Alaska · 2096 days ago · 178 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.772 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.966 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.379 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 168 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.653 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ikterq. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC.