Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 65 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, 9:38 PM AKDT (05:38 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 68 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-20 05:38:22 UTC
Depth
96.1 km (59.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.751° N, 155.503° 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
35

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.843 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 183 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.030 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.276 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 131 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.158 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 144 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.292 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.717 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.965 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.745 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.642 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.070 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 142 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.953 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.584 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.359 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.551 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.285 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3323 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.688 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3320 days ago · 138 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.085 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 1.570 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 3.079 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 135 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 2.266 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.060 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 151 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.955 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 83 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.963 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 144 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 1.763 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 149 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 104 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.546 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.868 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 145 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.176 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.065 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.838 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.952 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 1.519 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.890 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 3.017 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.389 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.699 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.020 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.87 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.181 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 2.676 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 1.553 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.068 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 89 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 3.234 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.653 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.070 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 90 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.274 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.848 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.576 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 3.169 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 142 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.250 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 158 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.284 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.930 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 3.075 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 147 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.130 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.517 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.333 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.853 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.735 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.672 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.913 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.684 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.866 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 93 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.557 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.269 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 141 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.450 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.961 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.57 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.849 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.954 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 152 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.651 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away

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