M1.6 earthquake 9 km N of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km N of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 2:18 PM AKST (23:18 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km NW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2018-11-08 23:18:20 UTC
- Depth
- 47.6 km (29.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.943° N, 150.976° 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
- 27
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.526 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.55 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.370 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.620 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.013 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.922 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.52 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.912 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.01 km NNE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.629 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.034 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.92 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.822 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.821 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.919 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.424 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.033 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.123 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.939 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.123 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.733 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.419 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.519 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Salamatof, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.620 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.519 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.627 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.611 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.436 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.627 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
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