M1.7 earthquake 13 km W of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 13 km W of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, May 19, 2018, 3:31 AM AKDT (11:31 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 29 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-19 11:31:21 UTC
- Depth
- 45.3 km (28.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.865° N, 151.197° 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
- 25
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 157 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.147 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.048 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.726 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.815 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.218 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 43 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.612 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3056 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km E of Soldotna, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.753 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.820 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.633 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 110 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.844 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.028 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.733 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.320 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.114 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.623 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.339 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3063 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.654 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
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