Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 44 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 7:52 PM AKDT (03:52 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 19 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-27 03:52:54 UTC
Depth
22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.648° N, 150.283° 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
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.815 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.72 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.756 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.419 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.621 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.67 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.721 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.87 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.637 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.618 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.644 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.72 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.417 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.69 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.518 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.850 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.211 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.653 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.526 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.112 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.86 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.815 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.713 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.744 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 1.56 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.96 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.07 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.516 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.223 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 2.041 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.77 km W of Homer, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.518 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.84 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.514 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.610 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.917 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.215 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.87 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 1.924 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.019 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.52 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.472 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.813 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 1.822 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.120 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.225 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.522 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.310 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.411 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.028 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.61 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.720 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.125 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.415 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.223 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.619 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.619 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.64 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away

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