M1.9 earthquake 23 km S of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 23 km S of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 8:18 AM AKST (17:18 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 59 km N of Karluk, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-17 17:18:02 UTC
- Depth
- 45.1 km (28.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.364° N, 154.401° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.269 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.126 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.688 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.372 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.538 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.936 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.561 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.982 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.855 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.639 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.051 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.323 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.380 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.362 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.531 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.793 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.333 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.986 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.336 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.148 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.024 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.158 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1103 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.047 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.813 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.892 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.527 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.851 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.631 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3534 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.524 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.497 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.437 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.128 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.885 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.036 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.255 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.079 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.785 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.959 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.245 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 1.828 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.016 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.550 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.110 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.628 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.957 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.537 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.972 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.521 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.31 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.864 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.628 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.774 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.616 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.972 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.243 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.967 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
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