M2.0 earthquake 15 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 9:36 PM AKST (06:36 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-02 06:36:44 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.935° N, 151.074° 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
- 68
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 192 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 9
- 1.547 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, AK · 2091 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.016 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.682 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.76 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.192 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 170 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.97 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.319 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.632 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 109 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.09 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.848 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
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