M1.7 earthquake 82 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 82 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Jul 8, 2016, 9:23 PM AKDT (05:23 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 26 km SSE 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
- 2016-07-09 05:23:50 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.156° N, 155.296° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.786 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.863 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.465 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.956 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 79 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.562 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.579 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.576 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.572 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 137 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.120 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.869 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5100 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.082 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.433 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.882 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.846 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.526 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 204 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 10 · tsunami flag
- 2.086 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.157 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 152 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.082 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.889 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.949 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.858 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.172 km SSW of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.592 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.470 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.787 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.558 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.673 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.975 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.871 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.953 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.598 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.672 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.844 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.157 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.638 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.962 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.674 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.799 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.120 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.595 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.274 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 129 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.687 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.885 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.375 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3704 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.871 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 72 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.181 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 1.758 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.766 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 154 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.681 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3740 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.886 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.980 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.561 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.714 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.946 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.965 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.697 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.292 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.767 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.178 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
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