M1.7 earthquake 21 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska on Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 11:13 PM AKDT (07:13 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-20 07:13:01 UTC
- Depth
- 43.5 km (27.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.692° N, 150.767° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.127 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.410 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.736 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.838 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.233 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.520 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.414 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.23 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 2.211 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.826 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.016 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.912 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.822 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.414 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.127 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
- 2.215 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.27 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.936 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.410 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.99 km W of Seward, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.634 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.320 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 1.534 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.01 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.719 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.75 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.625 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.811 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.126 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.530 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.133 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.78 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.816 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Cohoe, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
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