M1.5 earthquake 28 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska on Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 9:38 PM AKDT (05:38 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 12 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-21 05:38:35 UTC
- Depth
- 42.2 km (26.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.083° N, 150.718° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.612 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.344 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.615 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.713 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.620 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.012 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1852 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.332 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.538 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.723 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.324 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
- 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 1.53 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.920 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.77 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.710 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.69 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.617 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.516 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.821 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.111 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.937 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
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