Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 13 km ENE of Fox, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Fox, Alaska on Thu, Jun 27, 1996, 6:43 PM AKDT (02:43 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 7 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Thu, Jun 27, 1996, 6:43 PM AKDT
UTC: 1996-06-28 02:43:25 UTC
Depth: 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 65.003° N, 147.348° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt in the northern part of Fairbanks.

From the USGS event page for ak99689q6lu2. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used: 19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak99689q6lu2 (also filed as usp0007kcs). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC.