M1.6 earthquake 72 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 72 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, May 13, 2017, 6:28 PM AKDT (02:28 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 25 km NNE 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-14 02:28:00 UTC
- Depth
- 76.7 km (47.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.212° N, 154.270° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.322 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.271 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.977 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.939 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 76 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.834 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.766 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.835 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.34 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.128 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.972 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.944 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.327 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.557 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.884 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.589 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.616 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.842 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.877 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 106 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.521 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 159 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.577 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3406 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.216 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.918 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.751 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.688 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.873 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.481 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.186 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.787 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.684 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.552 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.65 km S of Aleneva, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.084 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 154 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.540 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.070 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.016 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.225 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.659 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 105.
Before
- 1.868 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.883 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.230 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.557 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.077 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.080 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.074 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.033 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.593 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.345 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.692 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.893 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.641 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.175 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
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