M1.6 earthquake 18 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 12:43 AM AKST (09:43 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2024-12-06 09:43:46 UTC
- Depth
- 68.3 km (42.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.125° N, 151.455° 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
- 42
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.547 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 665 days ago · 78 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.732 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 665 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 664 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.913 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 664 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 664 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 664 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 664 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.513 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 664 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 664 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Anchorage, Alaska · 664 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 664 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 664 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.329 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 663 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.515 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 663 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 663 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 663 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 662 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 662 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.819 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 662 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 662 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 662 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 661 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 661 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 661 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.632 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 661 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.931 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 661 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.970 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 661 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 661 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.328 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 661 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.119 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 660 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 660 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 660 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.835 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 660 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 660 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of Anchorage, Alaska · 660 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.625 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 660 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 660 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 660 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 660 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.722 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 660 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.732 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 659 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 659 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.824 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 659 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 659 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.842 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 659 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.640 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 659 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 659 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 659 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 659 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 658 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.638 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 658 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.537 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 658 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 658 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.519 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 657 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 657 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 657 days ago · 84 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.319 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 656 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 656 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 656 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.667 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 665 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.927 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 665 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.618 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 665 days ago · 73 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 665 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 666 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 666 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 666 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 666 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 666 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.515 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 666 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.833 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 666 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.046 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 667 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.17 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 667 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 667 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 667 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.513 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 667 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 667 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.523 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 667 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 668 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 668 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
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