Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 29 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 29 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 5:30 AM AKST (14:30 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-08 14:30:20 UTC
Depth
45.7 km (28.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.117° N, 150.854° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.615 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.822 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2448 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.56 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.74 km ENE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 7
  39. 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.97 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.613 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.13 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 189 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.738 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 3.332 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
  48. 1.518 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 63 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 1.88 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.72 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.429 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.840 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.115 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.59 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.011 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 178.

Before

  1. 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.716 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.747 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.321 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.031 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.59 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away

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