Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 11 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 11:45 PM AKDT (07:45 UTC), 69 km (43 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
2021-06-19 07:45:19 UTC
Depth
69.4 km (43.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.005° N, 151.312° 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: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.631 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.850 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.741 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.525 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.95 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.614 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.47 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.566 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 120 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.622 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.56 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.720 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 67 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 3.94 km NW of Sunrise, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 204 · tsunami flag
  29. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 93 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.718 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.656 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.15 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.038 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.59 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.834 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.64 km W of Eagle River, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.46 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.99 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.66 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.87 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 1915 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.843 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.524 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.86 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.78 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 2.219 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 4.325 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 86 · tsunami flag
  56. 1.618 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.881 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.340 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.994 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.714 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.611 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.357 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.920 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 64 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.946 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.765 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.723 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.920 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0217t9spvt. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC.