M1.7 earthquake 84 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 84 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Mar 31, 2017, 4:10 AM AKDT (12:10 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 39 km W 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-31 12:10:30 UTC
- Depth
- 3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.181° N, 155.283° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.752 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.840 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.976 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3470 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.019 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.745 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 130 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.870 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 116 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.548 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.684 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.454 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 147 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.762 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.957 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.687 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 147 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.849 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 152 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.662 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.677 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.876 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.932 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.886 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 129 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.760 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 156 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.059 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 148 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.624 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3447 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.535 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 110 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.329 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.027 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.034 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.130 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.435 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.035 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.039 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.631 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 151 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.7100 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.059 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.271 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3444 days ago · 138 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.929 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.029 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.835 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.872 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 2.378 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.982 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.463 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 126 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.271 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.864 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 145 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.678 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.581 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 113 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.358 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 141 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.893 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.688 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.656 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 153 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 155 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.880 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
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