M2.3 earthquake 21 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 21 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 5:35 PM AKST (02:35 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 1 km SW of Funny River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-06 02:35:31 UTC
- Depth
- 35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.815° N, 150.585° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.216 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.716 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.166 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
- 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 189 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.332 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 1.518 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.429 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.115 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.532 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.616 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.920 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.655 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.511 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.36 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.86 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.721 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.616 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.516 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.031 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.59 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.629 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.315 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.426 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.533 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
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