M1.8 earthquake 71 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 71 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Aug 13, 2016, 12:02 AM AKDT (08:02 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 50 km N of Larsen Bay, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-13 08:02:30 UTC
- Depth
- 72.3 km (44.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.196° N, 154.206° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.181 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 80 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8101 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.925 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.550 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.576 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.718 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.568 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.895 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.661 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.761 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 78 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.666 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.570 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.358 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.150 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.5100 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.984 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.890 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.663 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.693 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.696 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.696 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.778 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.774 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.253 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.350 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.788 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3677 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.766 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.325 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.051 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.981 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.965 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.85 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.350 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.979 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 95 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.644 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 119.
Before
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3704 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.375 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.885 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.595 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.120 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.799 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.674 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.644 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.717 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.926 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 74 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.962 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.638 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.157 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.844 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.794 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.672 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
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