Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 20 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:35 AM AKDT (17:35 UTC), 64 km (40 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
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-15 17:35:46 UTC
Depth
64.1 km (39.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.980° N, 151.478° 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
69

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 115 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.611 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 2.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.155 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 67 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.656 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.038 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.59 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1915 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.843 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.987 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 167 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.588 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.224 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.05 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.741 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217mtjkw7 (also filed as us7000edaa). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC.