Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 32 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 32 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 7:40 PM AKST (04:40 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km E of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-17 04:40:15 UTC
Depth
31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.932° N, 150.393° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.013 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.09 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.510 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.611 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.67 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.516 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.711 km W of Kenai, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.716 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.53 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.069 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.65 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.51 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.69 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.914 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.619 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.518 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.938 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.621 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.36 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.625 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.84 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.621 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.627 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.626 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.58 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.51 km NNW of Kenai, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.99 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.415 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.523 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.523 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.79 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.52 km S of Cohoe, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.524 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 3.425 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  40. 2.020 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.621 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.76 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 3.221 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
  45. 1.51 km E of Homer, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 3.518 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 23
  47. 1.620 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.127 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.616 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.517 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.823 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.623 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.55 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.520 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.84 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.621 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.63 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.021 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.636 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 1.714 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.819 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.65 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.80 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.76 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.715 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.821 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.135 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.810 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.68 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.728 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.018 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.77 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.722 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.61 km E of Cohoe, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.55 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.933 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.537 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.240 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away

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