M1.7 earthquake 10 km S of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km S of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 3:30 AM AKDT (11:30 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 49 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2021-08-19 11:30:12 UTC
- Depth
- 38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.762° N, 150.995° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.344 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.244 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.649 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1852 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.028 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.867 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.538 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.625 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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