Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 2:58 AM AKDT (10:58 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 15 km SW of Lowell Point, 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
2020-06-05 10:58:41 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.767° N, 150.230° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.032 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.418 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.97 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.69 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.68 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.717 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.70 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.12 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.95 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.522 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.116 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.712 km NNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.930 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.618 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.524 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.713 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.117 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.522 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.019 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.114 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.733 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.125 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.531 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.018 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.75 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.623 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.611 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.819 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.821 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.511 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 1.512 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 1.76 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.712 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.034 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.632 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.511 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.934 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.52 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.52 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.621 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.976 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.015 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  48. 3.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.522 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 1.718 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.123 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 1.942 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 1.64 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.619 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.619 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 2.223 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 1.613 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.830 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.129 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.68 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.814 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.155 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.317 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.710 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.68 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.07 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.522 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.749 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.53 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.522 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.821 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.016 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.76 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.14 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.98 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02077toca5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC.