Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km E of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km E of Fox River, Alaska on Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 3:22 PM AKDT (23:22 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 23 km NNW of Nanwalek, 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
2023-03-27 23:22:22 UTC
Depth
37.7 km (23.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.850° N, 150.802° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
57

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 142 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.219 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.841 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.58 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.77 km NE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.516 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.22 km NNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.542 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.613 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.934 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.524 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.85 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.610 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.335 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.213 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.614 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.726 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.57 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.620 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.219 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.03 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.510 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.519 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.71 km WSW of Primrose, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.138 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.020 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.82 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.610 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.716 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.626 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.627 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.941 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.345 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.736 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.134 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1277 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.519 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.535 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.521 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.625 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 1.937 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.57 km SSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.648 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.644 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.734 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.77 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 1.943 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.825 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1273 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 2.139 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 2.142 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.739 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.635 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.554 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.921 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.016 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.212 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.141 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.535 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.043 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
  8. 1.643 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.527 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.61 km NNE of Homer, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.617 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.010 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.071 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.010 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.845 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.139 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.52 km WNW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.740 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.640 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233ym1kt0. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:30 AM UTC.