Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 17 km E of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 17 km E of Fox River, Alaska on Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 8:02 PM AKST (05:02 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-31 05:02:18 UTC
Depth
35.3 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.844° N, 150.647° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.922 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.519 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.821 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.78 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.234 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.513 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.66 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.920 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.67 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.521 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.910 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.823 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.226 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.011 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.010 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.017 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 1.830 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.512 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.112 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.814 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.58 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.819 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.818 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.529 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.832 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.828 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.810 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.610 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.611 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.719 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.219 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.06 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.421 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.520 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.714 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 1.920 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.57 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.729 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.111 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.617 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.810 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 1.812 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.813 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.78 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.86 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.561 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.517 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 1.712 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 2.319 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.77 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.66 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.625 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.812 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.720 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.731 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.711 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.5Southern Alaska · 3536 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.718 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.89 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.99 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.76 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.629 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.69 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.615 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.140 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.631 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.610 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away

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