Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 28 km SE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km SE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 4:22 PM AKDT (00:22 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 28 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-17 00:22:09 UTC
Depth
33.9 km (21.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.670° N, 150.625° 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.526 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.510 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.95 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.429 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.735 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.68 km N of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.79 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.55 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.616 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.55 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.614 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.731 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.620 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 3.649 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.965 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.844 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.63 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.04 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.737 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 1.618 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 3.3100 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.011 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 3.111 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 13
  27. 1.713 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.78 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.48 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.829 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.815 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.14 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.756 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.711 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.427 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.66 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.611 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.122 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.622 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.520 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.97 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.925 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 1.85 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.126 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.712 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.97 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.026 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.513 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.920 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.610 km ENE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.016 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.98 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.526 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.818 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.014 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.62 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.52 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.310 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.530 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.612 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.519 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.86 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.814 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.734 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.536 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.711 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.919 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.48 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.712 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.225 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.64 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.020 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away

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