M1.6 earthquake 14 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska on Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 9:53 PM AKDT (05:53 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 1 km E of Homer, 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
- 2024-08-18 05:53:21 UTC
- Depth
- 33.8 km (21.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.738° N, 150.868° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.122 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 776 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.625 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 775 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.831 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 774 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 774 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.723 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 774 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.719 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 774 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 773 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 771 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 771 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 771 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.921 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 771 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.822 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 770 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.912 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 769 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 769 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.632 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 769 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.152 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 769 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 769 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.243 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.513 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 766 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.537 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.123 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 765 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 765 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 764 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 62
- 1.915 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 763 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 763 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.516 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 763 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.313 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 763 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 763 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 763 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.51 km E of Homer, Alaska · 762 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 251 · tsunami flag
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.040 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.741 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 761 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 761 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 760 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.44 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 760 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 760 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 759 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.744 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 758 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Funny River, Alaska · 758 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 757 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.23 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 757 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.616 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 757 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 178.
Before
- 1.67 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 777 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 777 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 777 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 777 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 778 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 1.837 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 779 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 779 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 779 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.513 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.651 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 780 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.935 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.221 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 781 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.533 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 782 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 782 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.047 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 782 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.925 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 782 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 784 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
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