M1.7 earthquake 14 km S of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 14 km S of Fox River, Alaska on Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 8:04 AM AKST (17:04 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 19 km SSW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-19 17:04:37 UTC
- Depth
- 54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.727° N, 150.995° 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
- 21
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 163 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.56 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1354 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.542 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.818 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.36 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.044 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.129 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.235 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.620 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.738 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.935 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.525 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Funny River, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.625 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.831 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.515 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.77 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.59 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.418 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.920 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.612 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.734 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.531 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.051 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1348 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1348 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.912 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.536 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.539 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1356 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.214 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1356 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.62 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.525 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.853 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
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