M1.6 earthquake 47 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 12:25 PM AKST (21:25 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km W of Tyonek, 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
- 2023-01-09 21:25:12 UTC
- Depth
- 95.4 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.124° N, 152.016° 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
- 22
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.539 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.656 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 104 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.667 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 114 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 117 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.878 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 137 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.174 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.870 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.679 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.633 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.950 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 97 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.618 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1358 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.145 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1357 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.873 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.466 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 118 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1356 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.858 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.515 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.745 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 93 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.759 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.749 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.536 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.545 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 89 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 89 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.838 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 118 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1365 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 77 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.614 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.826 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.474 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.820 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.512 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1366 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
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