M2.1 earthquake 26 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 26 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, May 14, 2017, 9:32 PM AKDT (05:32 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 24 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-15 05:32:21 UTC
- Depth
- 30.4 km (18.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.754° N, 150.533° 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
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.910 km WNW of Primrose, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.729 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.514 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.227 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.526 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.025 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.629 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.721 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.53 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.528 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.930 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 51 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.54 km WSW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.53 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.744 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.023 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.924 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 28 · tsunami flag
- 2.821 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.413 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.038 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.17 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.721 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.312 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.918 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.219 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.911 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.419 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.315 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.723 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.011 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.09 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 100.
Before
- 2.021 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.217 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 3.916 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 11 · tsunami flag
- 2.117 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.215 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3436 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.310 km W of Homer, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.414 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.013 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.913 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.314 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 735 · tsunami flag
- 1.623 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
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