Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 6 km NW of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 2:53 PM AKST (23:53 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 19 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-03-11 23:53:03 UTC
Depth
54.9 km (34.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.890° N, 151.046° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.034 · 112 stations

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
126

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.950 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.552 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.86 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.037 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.722 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.627 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.916 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.846 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.829 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.722 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.833 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.514 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.328 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.726 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.154 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.632 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.619 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.821 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.951 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.54 km NNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.58 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.626 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 1.640 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.518 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.117 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.522 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.148 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.97 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.524 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.735 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.614 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1298 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.241 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 1.830 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.513 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.132 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 1.610 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 1.8Southern Alaska · 1298 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.810 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1297 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.361 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.7Southern Alaska · 1297 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.860 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.525 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.834 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.625 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 1.54 km ENE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 1.95 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.922 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 1.622 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.028 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.739 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.647 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.39 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.227 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.618 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.723 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.946 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.720 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.516 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.615 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.78 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.019 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.150 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.715 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.520 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023385mmoi (also filed as us7000jj8j). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC.