Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 54 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 9:23 PM AKDT (05:23 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-26 05:23:25 UTC
Depth
18.3 km (11.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.643° N, 150.081° 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
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.650 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.73 km ENE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.512 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.921 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.611 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.838 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.255 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.34 km SSE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.914 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.61 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.929 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.728 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.94 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.914 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.921 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.649 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.826 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.512 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.084 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.19 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.94 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.622 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.98 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.223 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.565 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.629 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.615 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.512 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.12 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.525 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.515 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 1.511 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.560 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 1.515 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.67 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.69 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.017 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 3.113 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.66 km ESE of Crown Point, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.412 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.727 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 2.27 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.79 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 2.540 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.632 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.59 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.50 km NNW of Homer, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.627 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.513 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.832 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 3.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.35 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.24 km WNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.738 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 1.79 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 2.26 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.114 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.51 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.617 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.920 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.511 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.638 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.638 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.943 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.718 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.212 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.05 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.714 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.113 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.213 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.630 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.513 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.727 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.56 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away

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