Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 42 km NE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km NE of Fox River, Alaska on Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 2:39 PM AKST (23:39 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 38 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-12 23:39:58 UTC
Depth
40.1 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.131° N, 150.421° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.023 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.67 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.826 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.67 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.623 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.619 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.510 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.710 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.69 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.27 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.68 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.622 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.546 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 1.77 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.57 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.2Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.615 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.732 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.538 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.523 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 3.338 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.97 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.539 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.436 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.523 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.54 km NNE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.30 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.621 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.64 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.411 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.128 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.58 km N of Point Possession, AK · 2499 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.710 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.75 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.718 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 3.15 km NNE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.622 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.630 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 1.517 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.09 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.824 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 2.822 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.221 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 1.65 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.57 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.612 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.020 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 2.715 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.58 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.816 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.616 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.739 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.829 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.731 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 1.72 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 1.814 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.71 km NE of Salamatof, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.646 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.037 km E of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.76 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.421 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.741 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.611 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.510 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.74 km ESE of Kenai, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.521 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 3.06 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  14. 1.617 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.216 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.215 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.524 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.814 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.49 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.517 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away

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