Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km SE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km SE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 4:08 PM AKST (01:08 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-21 01:08:14 UTC
Depth
42.2 km (26.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.741° N, 150.795° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.519 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.023 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.221 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.041 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.37 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.733 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.112 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.823 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.640 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.58 km W of Sterling, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.516 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.633 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.828 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.942 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.521 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.733 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.87 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.18 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.928 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.932 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.929 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.611 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.122 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.923 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 1.52 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.320 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.633 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.56 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 1.736 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.011 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.755 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.820 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.235 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.320 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.132 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.338 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.78 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.56 km NNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.141 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.04 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.626 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.817 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.834 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.515 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 51 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.014 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 1.611 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.718 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.51 km NE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.333 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.319 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.02 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 250 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.338 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.98 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 250 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.67 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.133 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.537 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.510 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.19 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.626 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.528 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.12 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.018 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away

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