M1.6 earthquake 1 km W of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km W of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 1:59 AM AKDT (09:59 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 38 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-13 09:59:25 UTC
- Depth
- 42.7 km (26.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.859° N, 150.980° 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
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.028 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 2.423 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.938 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 2.444 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.225 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.120 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.822 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.844 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.815 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.72 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.756 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Funny River, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.419 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.67 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.820 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.940 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.233 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.548 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.542 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.421 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 2.718 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 12
- 1.957 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.450 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.816 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.755 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.644 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 145.
Before
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.750 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.044 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.618 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 11
- 1.720 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.125 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.38 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.849 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
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