M1.6 earthquake 93 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 93 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 6:58 PM AKDT (02:58 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 50 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-31 02:58:45 UTC
- Depth
- 106.2 km (66.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.388° N, 154.824° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.696 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.696 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.778 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.253 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.350 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.788 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3678 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.766 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.981 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.965 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.85 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.350 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.085 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.979 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.644 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.691 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 3665 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.962 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.038 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.576 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 154 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.493 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.672 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.787 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.193 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.787 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.788 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.859 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 88 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.674 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 120 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.693 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.991 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.888 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.726 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.961 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.734 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 123.
Before
- 1.663 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.890 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.5100 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.150 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.358 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.570 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.666 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.761 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.568 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.083 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.718 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.576 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.550 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
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