M1.7 earthquake 34 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 34 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 2:13 PM AKDT (22:13 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2017-08-08 22:13:00 UTC
- Depth
- 58.0 km (36.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.147° N, 150.716° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.736 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 60 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.429 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 1.735 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.815 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.731 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 193.
Before
- 2.232 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.811 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.020 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.910 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
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