Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 11 km ENE of Fox, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Fox, Alaska on Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 3:11 PM AKDT (23:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 51 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-30 23:11:02 UTC
Depth
1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.984° N, 147.386° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km SW of Minto, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.6northern Alaska · 1972 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.511 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.717 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.410 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.032 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.015 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.74 km SE of Badger, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.611 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.030 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.741 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.5Central Alaska · 1950 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.512 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.626 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.528 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.517 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.110 km SSE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.6Central Alaska · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.153 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.655 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.633 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.410 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.510 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.722 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.612 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.831 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.915 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 3.251 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.613 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.428 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 1.555 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.332 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.647 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, AK · 1981 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.020 km SE of Livengood, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.149 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.59 km NE of Minto, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.53 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.59 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.710 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.19 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.94 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.719 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away

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