M1.9 earthquake 16 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 3:56 PM AKDT (23:56 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-31 23:56:47 UTC
- Depth
- 66.6 km (41.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.971° N, 151.379° 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
- 67
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 136 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.726 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.81 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1848 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.234 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.938 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.636 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.515 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.647 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 88 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.332 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.521 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.921 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 146 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.014 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 1.926 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.723 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.288 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.328 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.55 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.52 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.534 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
- 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 3.43 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 25
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.760 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 117 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.045 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.77 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.715 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.078 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 61 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.088 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
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