Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 9:33 PM AKDT (05:33 UTC), 60 km (37 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-05 05:33:58 UTC
Depth
60.2 km (37.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.036° N, 151.188° 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
16

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 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 151 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1934 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 124 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 74 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 1.621 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.611 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.38 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 69 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.95 km S of Houston, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.88 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.431 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.151 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217630i6x. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC.