M1.5 earthquake 35 km SE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 35 km SE of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Oct 27, 2016, 8:17 PM AKDT (04:17 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 23 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-28 04:17:23 UTC
- Depth
- 29.8 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.648° N, 150.482° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.16 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.797 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.517 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.631 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.721 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.62 km E of Port Graham, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.433 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.047 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.710 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.36 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.925 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.629 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.17 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.274 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 38 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08 km ESE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.637 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.59 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.995 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.20 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.523 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.721 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.637 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.08 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.320 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.634 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.99 km W of Seward, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.410 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.532 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 1.924 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.936 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
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