Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 46 km W of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 46 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 9:03 AM AKDT (17:03 UTC), 92 km (57 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-02 17:03:38 UTC
Depth
92.0 km (57.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.026° N, 152.000° 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
24

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 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 101 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 151 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.578 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1933 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 1.588 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.987 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 167 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 124 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 101 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7
  9. 1.632 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1943 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.767 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 130 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.862 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 119 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.621 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.285 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.538 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02171bd6zn. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.