M1.6 earthquake 56 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 7:49 AM AKST (16:49 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 28 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-08 16:49:15 UTC
- Depth
- 103.9 km (64.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.262° N, 152.114° 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
- 43
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
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 15
- 2.065 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 76 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.875 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 169 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.140 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.126 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.829 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.931 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1736 days ago · 175 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 92 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.572 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 115 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.868 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.558 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.675 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 78 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 90 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 95 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 120 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1729 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.021 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1728 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 92 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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