Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 31 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 4:56 AM AKDT (12:56 UTC), 39 km (24 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-02 12:56:33 UTC
Depth
38.6 km (24.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.121° N, 150.767° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.218 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.624 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.147 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.622 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.838 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.717 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.526 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.620 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.85 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.510 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.77 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.530 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.016 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.118 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.737 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.543 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.64 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.514 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.513 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.942 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.511 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 2.311 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 1.823 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.015 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 1.62 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.826 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.712 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.943 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.937 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 2.213 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.96 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.621 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 1.89 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.814 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 1.814 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 1.87 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.811 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.847 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.338 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.530 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 53 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.537 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.821 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.75 km W of Soldotna, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 1.59 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.522 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.615 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.53 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.62 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 2.134 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 1.721 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.114 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.64 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.81 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.524 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.921 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021718pdh0. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC.