M2.1 earthquake 68 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 68 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, May 4, 2021, 9:27 AM AKDT (17:27 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-04 17:27:42 UTC
- Depth
- 110.5 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.039° N, 152.394° 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
- 65
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.718 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.365 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 102 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 152 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.065 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 109 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 122 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 14
- 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 1.5108 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 119 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 130 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1945 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.746 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.813 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.577 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 127 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
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