Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 24 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 12:36 AM AKST (09:36 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-08 09:36:01 UTC
Depth
66.8 km (41.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.995° N, 151.556° 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
53

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. 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 120 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.513 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1728 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 109 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1727 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.666 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 1.51 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 84 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.91 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  29. 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.750 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.563 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 1.54 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.823 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.045 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.441 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.150 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.550 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 1.567 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.64 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 84 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 2.341 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fprdb7g. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:15 PM UTC.