Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 28 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 1:31 PM AKDT (21:31 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 80 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-27 21:31:57 UTC
Depth
62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.756° N, 154.777° 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
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.178 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 115 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.036 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.820 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 69 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.767 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.831 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 61 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.724 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.066 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.697 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.965 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.946 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.715 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.714 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.241 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 3.980 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.239 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.624 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 76 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.847 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.886 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3741 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.681 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.766 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 154 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.786 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.828 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 74 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.863 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 3.465 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.956 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.833 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.534 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.579 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 1.576 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.231 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.960 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.120 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.5100 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.1101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.433 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.882 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.846 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.242 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.271 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 2.043 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.086 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.777 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.889 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 1.949 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.659 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.860 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.592 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 2.470 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 1.787 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.947 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 1.684 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 1.558 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.864 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 1.522 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 1.549 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.548 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.770 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.767 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.131 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.218 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.016 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.264 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.761 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.016 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 63 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.287 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.896 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.929 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.844 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.380 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.681 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.777 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.689 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.696 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away

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