M1.8 earthquake 92 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 92 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 5:48 AM AKST (14:48 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 81 km ESE 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-12 14:48:45 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.395° N, 154.543° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.793 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.985 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.159 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.617 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.136 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.697 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.784 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.183 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.082 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 77 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.178 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.980 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.170 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.178 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.998 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2103 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.794 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.887 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.662 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.038 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.177 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3896 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.296 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.485 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.536 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 187 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.736 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.352 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.277 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.956 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.991 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.174 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.093 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.881 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 133 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.547 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.985 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.810 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.426 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.314 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.343 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.765 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 136 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.422 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.897 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.982 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 88 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.727 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.973 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 2.175 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.146 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.677 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.229 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.138 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.633 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5Alaska Peninsula · 3928 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.362 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.96 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3933 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.528 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3934 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.394 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.590 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.049 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.477 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.794 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.386 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
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