M1.6 earthquake 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 11:12 AM AKST (20:12 UTC), 112 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2021-12-21 20:12:10 UTC
- Depth
- 111.5 km (69.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.016° N, 152.363° 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
- 35
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 151 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kenai, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 110 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 141 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1739 days ago · 175 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.560 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.572 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.868 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.558 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.675 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 120 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.725 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.825 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.071 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1732 days ago · 114 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 109 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1731 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 84 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.750 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1742 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.875 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 169 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 145 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 15
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 114 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.927 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.612 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.579 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 133 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 132 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
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