Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 11:31 PM AKDT (07:31 UTC), 58 km (36 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-06 07:31:41 UTC
Depth
58.1 km (36.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.936° N, 151.462° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 117 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.826 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.384 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 151 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.611 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.5Southern Alaska · 1937 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.977 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.832 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.029 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.943 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.05 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.06 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.588 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.987 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 167 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 64 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 69 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 2.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.54 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.449 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.238 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.817 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.862 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 101 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.567 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.510 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02177rq97c. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.