M1.9 earthquake 6 km E of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km E of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 2:31 AM AKST (11:31 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 25 km SSW of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-29 11:31:31 UTC
- Depth
- 39.3 km (24.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.573° N, 154.349° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.128 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3931 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.420 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.633 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.666 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.554 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.138 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.229 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.146 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.632 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.277 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.892 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.793 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.720 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.159 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.136 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.227 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.784 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.918 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.082 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.174 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.733 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.625 km SSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.170 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.160 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.222 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.662 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.53 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.296 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.736 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.352 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.237 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.328 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.928 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.318 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.669 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.182 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.547 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.814 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.361 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 55 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 2.221 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.528 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.728 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.394 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.590 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.049 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.477 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.564 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3942 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.942 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.682 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.252 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.570 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.694 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3948 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.947 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.616 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3949 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.269 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3949 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
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