M1.6 earthquake 11 km NW of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 4:56 AM AKDT (12:56 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 65 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2019-08-25 12:56:28 UTC
- Depth
- 54.2 km (33.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.942° N, 151.090° 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
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.835 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.526 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 44 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.540 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2591 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.316 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.914 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.213 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.414 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.147 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.955 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.716 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.265 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.725 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.120 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.629 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.338 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.945 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.41 km ESE of Homer, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.852 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.159 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.833 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.259 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.716 km W of Anchor Point, AK · 2594 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.749 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.916 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.719 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.061 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.546 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.762 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.768 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.740 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
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