M1.8 earthquake 14 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, May 28, 2017, 5:31 AM AKDT (13:31 UTC), 51 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 26 km WNW of Kalifornsky, 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
- 2017-05-28 13:31:21 UTC
- Depth
- 50.5 km (31.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.793° N, 150.738° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.54 km WSW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.98 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.53 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.744 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.023 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.924 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 28 · tsunami flag
- 2.821 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.413 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.038 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.17 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.721 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.312 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.918 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.219 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.827 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.911 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.419 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.315 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.723 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.011 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.540 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.09 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.513 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.716 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.640 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.626 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.719 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.453 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.536 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.65 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 3388 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 1.65 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3419 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.930 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.528 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.53 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.721 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.025 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
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