M1.8 earthquake 65 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 65 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 2:21 AM AKST (11:21 UTC), 117 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 57 km NW of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-05 11:21:58 UTC
- Depth
- 116.5 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.035° N, 152.339° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2089 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.682 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 144 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.977 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 122 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.192 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 170 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2080 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 116 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.547 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 110 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 106 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.632 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 117 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 109 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.09 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.848 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 118 km deep · 24 km away
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