Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska on Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 4:22 AM AKST (13:22 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 41 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-02-21 13:22:39 UTC
Depth
45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.023° N, 151.106° 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
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 140 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.236 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.922 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.541 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1683 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.056 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 107 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.725 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1682 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.736 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.93 km W of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.88 km W of Kenai, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.251 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.534 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.413 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1680 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.645 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.647 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.56 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.520 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.825 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1679 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.532 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 1.711 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.64 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1678 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.63 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.748 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.853 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 4.641 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1677 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  36. 1.912 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1676 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.812 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.916 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.654 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.023 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1675 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.558 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.759 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.013 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.817 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.865 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.87 km SSE of Kenai, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.026 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 1.515 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.07 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1674 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 1.511 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1673 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.547 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.89 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1672 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.02 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska · 1672 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.855 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.637 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.520 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.029 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
  5. 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.815 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1685 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.040 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.213 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.09 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.331 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.944 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.125 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.743 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.715 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0222e7thbu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC.