M1.9 earthquake 20 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 20 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska on Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 2:51 AM AKDT (10:51 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-20 10:51:58 UTC
- Depth
- 35.9 km (22.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.695° N, 150.780° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.517 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.58 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.124 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1856 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.237 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.028 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.867 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.538 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.625 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
- 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.114 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6
- 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.923 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 141.
Before
- 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.69 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.513 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.325 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.922 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.93 km NNE of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
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