Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 37 km E of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 37 km E of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:38 AM AKST (16:38 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-27 16:38:26 UTC
Depth
56.8 km (35.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.888° N, 150.293° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
85

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.62 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.95 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.512 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.016 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.528 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.011 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.37 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.015 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.511 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.55 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.615 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
  17. 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.717 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.611 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.28 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.325 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.619 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.725 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.67 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.69 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.522 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.037 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.630 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.425 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.710 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.135 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.618 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.921 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.335 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.262 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.512 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.616 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.72 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.513 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.510 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.64 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.117 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 1.632 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.55 km ENE of Cohoe, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.114 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.516 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.518 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.534 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.817 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 1.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.62 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.010 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.97 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.64 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.614 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.08 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.50 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.678 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.023 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.714 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.923 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.021 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.58 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.727 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.613 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.116 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.812 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.410 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.58 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018glarf7j (also filed as ak20557749, us2000iy4t). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:55 AM UTC.