M1.7 earthquake 83 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 83 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 6:37 PM AKDT (02:37 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 61 km NW of Aleneva, 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
- 2017-08-17 02:37:26 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.271° N, 154.958° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.075 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 147 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.843 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 183 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.990 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.030 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.276 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 131 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 90 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.642 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 71 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.370 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 142 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.864 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.584 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.359 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.551 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.767 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.688 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.055 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 57 · tsunami flag
- 1.660 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.460 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.161 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.670 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.570 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.079 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.261 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.162 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.060 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 151 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.955 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.792 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.777 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.880 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.763 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 149 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 104 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.668 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.868 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.890 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 140 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.017 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.658 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 1.853 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.685 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 90 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.735 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.682 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.913 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.684 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.693 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.269 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 141 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.594 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.961 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.951 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 152 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
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