M1.7 earthquake 23 km N of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 23 km N of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 10:17 PM AKST (07:17 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 28 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-12 07:17:32 UTC
- Depth
- 54.5 km (33.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.066° N, 150.992° 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
- 47
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
- 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.539 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.461 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1727 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.931 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.943 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.616 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.845 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.150 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.630 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.550 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 115 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.710 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.135 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1718 days ago · 103 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.428 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fwc7trd. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.