M1.6 earthquake 50 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Oct 1, 2021, 5:36 PM AKDT (01:36 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 19 km NNW of Susitna, 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
- 2021-10-02 01:36:09 UTC
- Depth
- 93.1 km (57.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.224° N, 152.026° 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
- 32
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 136 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.135 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.873 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.726 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1813 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.727 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.27 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.873 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 124 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1811 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.042 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.563 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.529 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 120 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.623 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 75 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.714 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 92 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.672 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.740 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.827 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 95 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.530 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.721 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.725 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.545 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 101 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.924 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.736 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.847 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.067 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 140 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.544 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.665 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.156 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.542 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.638 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9107 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.928 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.522 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.529 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
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