M1.7 earthquake 32 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 32 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Mar 17, 2017, 2:13 PM AKDT (22:13 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 39 km W of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-17 22:13:29 UTC
- Depth
- 56.6 km (35.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.849° N, 154.288° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.750 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.688 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.893 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.317 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 53 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.581 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.982 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.378 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.840 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 55 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3470 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.019 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.230 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.247 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.632 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.548 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.017 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.684 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.957 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.876 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.932 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.886 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.817 km NE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.534 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.727 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.624 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.966 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3448 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.535 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 4.47 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.884 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.273 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.926 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.570 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.287 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.531 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.574 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.64 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.872 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.532 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.30 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
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