M1.6 earthquake 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, May 30, 2021, 9:48 PM AKDT (05:48 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-31 05:48:50 UTC
- Depth
- 115.4 km (71.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.052° N, 152.375° 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
- 28
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 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 101 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
- 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 92 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.257 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 151 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 151 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 129 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1933 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.588 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.987 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 167 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6100 km ENE of Lime Village, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.674 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 124 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1943 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 130 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 119 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.139 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.336 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5108 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
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