Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 61 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 61 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Aug 3, 2017, 4:03 AM AKDT (12:03 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 100 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-03 12:03:49 UTC
Depth
14.9 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.582° N, 150.009° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.712 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.628 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.429 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.735 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.616 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.614 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.965 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.737 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.618 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 3.3100 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 3.011 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 3.111 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
  25. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.14 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.756 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 1.611 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.6138 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.925 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.712 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.038 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.920 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.610 km ENE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.016 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.818 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.99 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.718 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.054 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 1.632 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.88 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.729 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.911 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.687 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.628 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 1.79 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.664 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.617 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 14
  6. 1.828 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.817 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.18 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.922 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.722 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.922 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.68 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.96 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.633 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.06 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.134 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away

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