Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 11 km ENE of Fox, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Fox, Alaska on Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 3:05 PM AKST (00:05 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km SSW of South Van Horn, 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
2020-11-22 00:05:25 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.989° N, 147.379° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.620 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.823 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.645 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.415 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.513 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.535 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.730 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.85 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 101
  9. 1.512 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.5Central Alaska · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.66 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.520 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.621 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 1.526 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.127 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.528 km NE of Ester, AK · 2159 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.512 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.66 km SE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.011 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.726 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.620 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.74 km WNW of North Pole, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020f0srm1d. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.