Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 42 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 42 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:48 PM AKDT (01:48 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-13 01:48:24 UTC
Depth
75.2 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.955° N, 151.886° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.530 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.336 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.671 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.348 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.964 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 129 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.123 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.728 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.014 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.61 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.12 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.955 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.859 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.580 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 154 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.563 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.036 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.610 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.125 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 1.551 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.510 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.512 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 4.321 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 58 · tsunami flag
  27. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 127 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 1.621 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.121 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.219 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.69 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.924 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.047 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 1.522 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.330 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.820 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.613 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.84 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.223 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 1.812 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.827 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.582 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 1.814 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.613 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.840 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.739 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 1.921 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.121 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.948 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.514 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 1.57 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.57 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.676 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 129 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.760 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.617 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 89 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.818 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.620 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.018 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.660 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.142 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.617 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.75 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.727 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.861 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 120 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.527 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 1.548 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 84 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.067 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 141 km deep · 90 km away

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