M1.8 earthquake 12 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 12:29 PM AKST (21:29 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-15 21:29:11 UTC
- Depth
- 45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.961° N, 150.861° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.527 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.116 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.034 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2846 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.021 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.923 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.943 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.023 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.58 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.50 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.614 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.010 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 54 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.631 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.437 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.448 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.62 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.047 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.030 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.512 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.034 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.634 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.011 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.015 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 50 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.533 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.55 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2826 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 2.410 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.153 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.923 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.525 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.524 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.641 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.611 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.120 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 1.622 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.950 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.920 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.628 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.615 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
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