Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 10 km ENE of Fox, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km ENE of Fox, Alaska on Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 3:02 PM AKDT (23:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-15 23:02:01 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.998° N, 147.410° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.59 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.53 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.59 km NE of Minto, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.149 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.020 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.647 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, AK · 1981 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.6northern Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.015 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.5Central Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.346 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.6Central Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 2.19 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.94 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.719 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.237 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.011 km NNE of Minto, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.055 km SSE of Beaver, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.88 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0214u14uel. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.