Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 17 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, May 11, 2021, 7:37 PM AKDT (03:37 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-12 03:37:44 UTC
Depth
52.6 km (32.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.965° N, 151.373° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.63 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.912 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.514 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.523 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.411 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.816 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.75 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.73 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 14
  24. 1.616 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 1.83 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.922 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.32 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.08 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  38. 1.612 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.711 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 1.515 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.724 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.50 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 1.517 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.96 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.329 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 2.04 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.70 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 152 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 89 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away

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