Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 5 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, May 1, 2021, 7:33 PM AKDT (03:33 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-02 03:33:26 UTC
Depth
59.7 km (37.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.881° N, 151.051° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.720 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.746 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.845 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.56 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.419 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.820 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 59 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.746 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.99 km SSE of Seldovia, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 3.62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 10
  11. 2.249 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.62 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.013 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.59 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 3.47 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.511 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 1.712 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.99 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.910 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.820 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.025 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.79 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.82 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 14
  37. 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 3.086 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.718 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.415 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  56. 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.520 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.517 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.243 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.613 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.722 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.247 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.615 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.054 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.629 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.118 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.021 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.619 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.818 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away

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