M1.8 earthquake 6 km W of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km W of Fox River, Alaska on Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 3:42 PM AKDT (23:42 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, 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
- 2017-08-11 23:42:31 UTC
- Depth
- 47.4 km (29.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.865° N, 151.068° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.413 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.757 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.022 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.857 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.057 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.736 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.015 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.148 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.429 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 1.735 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.731 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.620 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.649 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.648 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.94 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.943 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3341 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.648 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.232 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.335 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.035 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.528 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
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