Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 6 km ENE of Fox, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Fox, Alaska on Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 3:17 PM AKST (00:17 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 19 km SW of Salcha, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-19 00:17:50 UTC
Depth
0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.975° N, 147.477° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

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Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 1.520 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.621 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.822 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.915 km NNE of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.530 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.030 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.02 km WNW of Badger, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.315 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.119 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.66 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.118 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.722 km ENE of Nenana, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.76 km WNW of Fox, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.919 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.511 km E of Fox, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.614 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.912 km N of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.520 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.516 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.517 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.57 km NNW of Minto, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.89 km SSE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.628 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.614 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.811 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.111 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.525 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.7Central Alaska · 2022 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.88 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 1.5Central Alaska · 2080 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.512 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.85 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 101
  6. 1.730 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.535 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021vfbcft. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:10 AM UTC.