M2.4 earthquake 10 km N of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10 km N of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 7:22 PM AKDT (03:22 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-19 03:22:30 UTC
- Depth
- 44.8 km (27.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.952° N, 150.937° 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
- 39
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.99 km W of Seward, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.850 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.634 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.320 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.632 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.911 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.445 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.08 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.515 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.210 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3626 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.627 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.722 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.517 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.631 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.546 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.721 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.731 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.62 km E of Port Graham, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.433 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.710 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.27 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.618 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.27 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.215 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
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