M1.9 earthquake 30 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 30 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 12:24 PM AKDT (20:24 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 25 km NNE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-27 20:24:01 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.539° N, 154.968° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.643 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.631 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.60 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.271 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.817 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.929 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.029 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.835 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.872 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.033 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.782 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.175 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.893 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.345 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.593 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.048 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.077 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.557 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.883 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.683 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.118 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.222 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.230 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.660 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.857 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0100 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.072 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.883 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.777 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 136 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.868 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.660 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.672 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.520 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.732 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.085 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.187 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.271 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.885 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 134 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.939 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.834 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.273 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.048 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.780 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.34 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 130.
Before
- 5.039 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.035 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.435 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.130 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.034 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.027 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.329 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.094 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.535 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.697 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3447 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.60 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.624 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.696 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3102 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
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