M1.6 earthquake 25 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 3:03 AM AKDT (11:03 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 10 km W of Point MacKenzie, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-16 11:03:53 UTC
- Depth
- 73.4 km (45.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.970° N, 151.560° 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
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 168 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.674 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 118 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.748 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.757 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.188 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 156 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.578 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.421 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.934 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.072 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.028 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.59 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.759 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.719 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 99 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 1446 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.863 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.523 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.117 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.761 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.745 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.346 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.724 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 144
- 2.020 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.821 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.721 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.68 km E of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.822 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.722 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.039 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.616 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1443 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.740 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.424 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 251 · tsunami flag
- 2.321 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.578 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.888 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.810 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.848 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.64 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.348 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 90 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1450 days ago · 134 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.916 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.673 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 86 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.014 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.017 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.525 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.854 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
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