M1.6 earthquake 61 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, May 14, 2021, 6:16 PM AKDT (02:16 UTC), 109 km (68 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-15 02:16:34 UTC
- Depth
- 109.3 km (67.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.174° N, 152.264° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 122 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.713 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 14
- 2.426 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1954 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.5108 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 128 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 119 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1947 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 130 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1946 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 7
- 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 101 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 151 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 129 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1936 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 120 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.626 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 169.
Before
- 3.315 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.759 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.583 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 152 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 108 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 102 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 128 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.539 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02167au7vj. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC.