M1.6 earthquake 16 km NW of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Fox River, Alaska on Wed, Aug 24, 2022, 5:23 AM AKDT (13:23 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 64 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-24 13:23:18 UTC
- Depth
- 59.9 km (37.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.940° N, 151.198° 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
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 143 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.56 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.736 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.730 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.539 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1498 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.412 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.540 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.816 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.539 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.338 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.518 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1495 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1494 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.226 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.962 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1493 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.839 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.550 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.56 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 63 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 9
- 1.617 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.947 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.822 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.52 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 54 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.529 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.952 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 98 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.569 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.552 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.736 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.657 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.615 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.940 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.066 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.269 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.867 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
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