M1.6 earthquake 63 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 63 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 2:24 AM AKDT (10:24 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 15 km W 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-15 10:24:04 UTC
- Depth
- 107.3 km (66.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.035° N, 152.313° 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
- 58
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.716 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.681 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.046 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.237 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 118 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.954 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.668 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 132 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.761 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.80 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.516 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.314 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.526 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 98 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.225 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.931 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.044 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.130 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.642 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.514 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.26 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.529 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.522 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.928 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9107 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.638 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.542 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.156 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 111 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.544 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.067 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 140 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.847 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.736 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.678 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 136 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 78 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.569 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.379 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.272 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.045 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.760 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 92 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.874 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.259 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.674 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 170 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 112 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
- 1.534 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.52 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
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