Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 45 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 10:00 PM AKDT (06:00 UTC), 101 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 22 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-16 06:00:21 UTC
Depth
100.5 km (62.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.168° N, 151.961° 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
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.822 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.020 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.620 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.019 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.68 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.515 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.841 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.548 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.727 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.62 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.051 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 103 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.511 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.115 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.932 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.346 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.517 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.813 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.024 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 3.126 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 12
  22. 1.824 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.737 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 1.819 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.718 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.646 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 1.636 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.69 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.725 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 3.119 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.662 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1776 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.614 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.825 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.236 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.260 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.134 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.610 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.515 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 3.419 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  46. 1.561 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 1.648 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.528 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.722 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.661 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 2.018 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.811 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.616 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.130 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.516 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.529 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021da1vxzb. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC.