M1.7 earthquake 12 km W of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km W of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 2:08 PM AKDT (22:08 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 63 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-12 22:08:16 UTC
- Depth
- 57.2 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.865° N, 151.187° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.060 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.735 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 84 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.934 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.52 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.725 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.963 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 11
- 1.621 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.645 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.629 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.558 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.360 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.015 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 10
- 3.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.446 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.353 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.941 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.139 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.559 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.522 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.639 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2259 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.825 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.432 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.459 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.93 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.443 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.123 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.961 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.942 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.849 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 2.155 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.511 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.821 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.819 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.135 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.611 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.125 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.622 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.560 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.523 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.018 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
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