M1.6 earthquake 75 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 10:22 PM AKST (07:22 UTC), 120 km (74 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
- 2021-12-26 07:22:43 UTC
- Depth
- 119.5 km (74.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.003° N, 152.519° 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
- 38
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 152 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.939 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.532 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 103 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.071 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 136 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1736 days ago · 114 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.461 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 109 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1734 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.841 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 84 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.750 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.563 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.045 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 104 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.150 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 115 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.550 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.558 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 111 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.047 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.868 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 128 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.572 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.560 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1743 days ago · 175 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 141 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 110 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021gjhrs51. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC.