M1.7 earthquake 59 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 59 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 3:39 AM AKST (12:39 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 57 km NW of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-11 12:39:06 UTC
- Depth
- 101.2 km (62.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.119° N, 152.243° 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
- 20
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 137 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.977 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 122 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.192 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 170 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2080 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 132 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2078 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.935 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.745 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.626 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.279 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.512 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.520 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.171 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.736 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.67 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.682 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
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