M1.7 earthquake 49 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 64 km ESE of King Salmon, 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
- 2016-03-11 01:00:21 UTC
- Depth
- 65.0 km (40.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.760° N, 155.200° 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
- 12
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 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.798 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.459 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 143 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.470 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.476 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.939 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.078 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.170 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.186 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.030 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.584 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.949 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.618 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.371 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.560 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3842 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.021 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.055 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.958 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 96 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.40 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.240 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.169 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.223 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.64 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.389 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.636 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.829 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.828 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.954 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.418 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.479 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 135 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 73 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.834 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.860 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.787 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.978 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.373 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 139 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.138 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.774 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.064 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 155 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 174 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.418 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.882 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.168 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 139 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.634 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 2.127 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 72 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.073 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.581 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.982 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.765 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 136 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.343 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.832 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.314 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.593 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.940 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.810 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.361 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.814 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.985 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.547 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 69 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.182 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.881 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
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