M1.7 earthquake 8 km SW of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 2:13 PM AKDT (22:13 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-08 22:13:37 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.816° N, 151.076° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.539 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.914 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.758 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.053 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.620 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.038 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 1899 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.844 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.060 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1897 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.925 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.512 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.780 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.321 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 58 · tsunami flag
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.219 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.117 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.629 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.948 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.820 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.033 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1892 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.011 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.219 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.90 km WNW of Kachemak City, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.712 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.55 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.219 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.18 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
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