Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 20 km E of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km E of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 6:54 PM AKDT (02:54 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km W of Nanwalek, 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
2020-08-03 02:54:01 UTC
Depth
37.7 km (23.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.843° N, 150.596° 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.619 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.619 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.223 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.415 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.38 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.125 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.720 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.618 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 11
  12. 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.61 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.028 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.411 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.829 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 3.310 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.423 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.522 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.225 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 3.120 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.822 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.844 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.815 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.72 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.756 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.52 km NNE of Funny River, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.419 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.621 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 1.67 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.828 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.820 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.721 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.87 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 3.421 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
  44. 1.725 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.718 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 12
  47. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.64 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.618 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.644 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.120 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.72 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.529 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.417 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 1.69 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 51 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 1.626 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.518 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.942 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.818 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.123 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.530 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.93 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.718 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.432 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.825 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.522 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.519 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.018 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.015 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
  15. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.98 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.976 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.621 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.725 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away

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