Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 9 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 2:29 PM AKDT (22:29 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 42 km WNW of Ninilchik, 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
2020-09-11 22:29:35 UTC
Depth
50.9 km (31.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.837° N, 150.796° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.545 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.626 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.518 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.122 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.13 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.211 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.623 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.653 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.526 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.112 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.834 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.86 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.417 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.63 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.815 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.713 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.311 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.744 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.56 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 3.342 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.96 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.636 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.124 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2192 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.07 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.516 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.623 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.841 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.223 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.024 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.120 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.924 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.041 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.831 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.116 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.214 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.619 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.77 km W of Homer, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.518 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.518 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.84 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.835 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.514 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.516 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.220 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.635 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 2.016 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 1.610 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 2.417 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.529 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.72 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.120 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.644 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.618 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.816 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.64 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 12
  13. 2.718 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.725 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.421 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
  16. 1.542 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.87 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.942 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.721 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away

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