M1.7 earthquake 17 km SE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, Jan 3, 2017, 3:51 PM AKST (00:51 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 21 km ESE 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-04 00:51:16 UTC
- Depth
- 36.4 km (22.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.738° N, 150.745° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.825 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.334 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.734 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.622 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.035 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.624 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.912 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.121 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.616 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.717 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.925 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.636 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.733 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.730 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.610 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.934 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.718 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 145.
Before
- 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.19 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.519 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.78 km E of Seward, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
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