M2.1 earthquake 86 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 86 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 8:24 AM AKST (17:24 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-17 17:24:41 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.236° N, 152.703° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.629 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 121 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.941 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.956 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.953 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.027 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.935 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.536 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.536 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.745 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.279 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.220 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.171 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 128 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.628 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.636 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 121 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.250 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.051 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.540 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.635 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.733 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 95 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.937 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.285 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 153 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.367 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 110 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.739 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.537 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 179.
Before
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.338 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 92 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.788 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2081 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.764 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 104 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.192 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 170 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 122 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.742 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021seei27 (also filed as av91017398). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.