M1.8 earthquake 13 km E of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 13 km E of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 1:06 AM AKDT (09:06 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-12 09:06:23 UTC
- Depth
- 36.6 km (22.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.836° N, 150.721° 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
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.925 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.721 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.79 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.88 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.224 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.029 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.02 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.67 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.331 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.930 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.614 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.41 km W of Kasilof, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.628 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.53 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.717 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.027 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.629 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.238 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.925 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.627 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.627 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.623 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.314 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 735 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 1.635 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.513 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.922 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.55 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.032 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.622 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.441 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
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