M1.8 earthquake 70 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 70 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 4:08 PM AKDT (00:08 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 90 km W of Akhiok, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-29 00:08:38 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.653° N, 155.617° 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: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.650 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.363 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 149 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.667 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 147 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.661 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 150 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.961 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 150 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.769 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.841 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 180 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.987 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.788 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.186 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.286 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.586 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.677 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.968 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.687 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.390 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.984 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 152 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.961 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.450 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.269 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 141 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.557 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 93 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.913 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.735 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.333 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.130 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.075 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 147 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 96 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.843 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 183 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.030 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.276 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 131 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.158 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 144 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.292 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.745 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.642 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 142 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.953 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.584 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.359 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.551 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.285 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3325 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.688 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3323 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 98.
Before
- 2.316 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 84 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.485 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 88 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.125 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3358 days ago · 154 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.949 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0104 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.875 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.281 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 139 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.682 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.255 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.577 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.891 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.528 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.728 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
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