M1.6 earthquake 35 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 35 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:42 AM AKST (10:42 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 57 km NW of Beluga, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-29 10:42:29 UTC
- Depth
- 87.2 km (54.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.079° N, 151.797° 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
- 26
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 146 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.528 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.63 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.818 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.620 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.921 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.285 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 153 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.634 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.617 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.426 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.367 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 87 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.537 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.090 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 132 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.626 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.840 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.764 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 119 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 133 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.821 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.714 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.614 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.824 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 80 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.710 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 87 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.051 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 1.99 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.920 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
- 2.250 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 121 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.141 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
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