M1.6 earthquake 32 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 32 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 4:18 PM AKDT (00:18 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 9 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-27 00:18:27 UTC
- Depth
- 31.9 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.128° N, 150.756° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.028 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.411 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.729 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.528 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.911 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3288 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.628 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.848 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.771 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.828 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.636 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.041 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.312 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.56 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.727 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.513 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.625 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.112 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.027 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.123 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 61 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.021 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.50 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.714 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.920 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.213 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.05 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.438 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.117 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.527 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.15 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 1.75 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 58 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.722 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.717 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.73 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.924 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.99 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.611 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.818 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
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