M1.5 earthquake 1 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 1 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 6:51 AM AKDT (14:51 UTC), 55 km (34 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-25 14:51:56 UTC
- Depth
- 55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.850° N, 150.930° 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
- 19
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.114 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.754 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.622 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.921 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.255 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.534 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.034 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.61 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 41 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.929 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.728 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.87 km W of Seldovia, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.94 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.525 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.914 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.921 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.826 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.084 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.943 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.645 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.721 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.923 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3247 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.952 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.934 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.617 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.78 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.920 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.935 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.217 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.638 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.524 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.75 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.718 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
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