Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 40 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 9:24 AM AKDT (17:24 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 12 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-03 17:24:07 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.757° N, 150.273° 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: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.158 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.518 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.867 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.95 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.010 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.615 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.95 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 39 · tsunami flag
  10. 1.94 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.063 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.24 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.114 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  14. 1.814 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.614 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.819 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.529 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.627 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.513 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.512 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.542 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.910 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  25. 1.68 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 2.338 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.116 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.89 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.215 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.813 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.56 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.517 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.615 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 1.513 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 1.520 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.511 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.611 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.019 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.850 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 1.821 km SSE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.01 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.67 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 1.922 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.618 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.611 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.83 km ESE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  49. 4.712 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 221 · tsunami flag
  50. 2.310 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.53 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.612 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.211 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.87 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.811 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.611 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.76 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.955 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 1.745 km W of Seward, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 1.67 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.821 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.50 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.612 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.621 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.114 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.226 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.911 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.613 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.03 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.67 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.415 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  16. 1.845 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.97 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.93 km ENE of Kachemak, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.524 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.564 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away

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