M1.6 earthquake 6 km SW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 3:16 PM AKST (00:16 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km N of Akhiok, 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
- 2017-02-01 00:16:52 UTC
- Depth
- 51.4 km (31.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.535° N, 154.548° 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: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.437 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 121 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.128 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.885 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.255 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.079 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.785 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.959 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.245 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 66 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.041 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.628 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.692 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.868 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.453 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.028 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.658 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.964 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.631 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.268 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.691 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.873 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.666 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.991 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.982 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.624 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.081 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.044 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.883 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.966 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.226 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.892 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.532 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 46 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.574 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.531 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.287 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 1.959 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.497 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.524 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3534 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.897 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.631 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 87 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.527 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.892 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.813 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
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