M1.7 earthquake 98 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 98 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 11:52 PM AKST (08:52 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 64 km ESE of King Salmon, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-11 08:52:16 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.441° N, 154.745° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.857 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.186 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 126 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.618 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.371 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.746 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.560 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.886 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3843 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.986 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.055 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.376 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 127 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.169 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.223 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.64 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.072 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.389 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.636 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.829 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.154 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.970 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.828 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.954 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.582 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 138 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.176 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.860 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.363 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 125 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.775 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.461 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.561 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.138 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.064 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 155 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.873 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 174 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.882 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.853 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.976 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 1.749 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.973 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.013 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.581 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.982 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.897 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 93 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.422 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.765 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 136 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.343 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.426 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.810 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.026 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 193 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.985 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 125 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.547 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.881 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 133 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.093 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.174 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.991 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
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