M1.5 earthquake 40 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 12:48 AM AKDT (08:48 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 61 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-21 08:48:52 UTC
- Depth
- 63.6 km (39.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.924° N, 154.294° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.994 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.642 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.370 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.584 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.359 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.551 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.688 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 57 · tsunami flag
- 1.660 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.460 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.161 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.085 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.570 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.266 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.261 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.162 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.955 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.792 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.777 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.880 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.065 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 77 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.890 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 140 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.017 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.658 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.234 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.417 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.626 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.986 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.848 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.169 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 142 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.284 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.892 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.569 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.567 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.675 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 2.030 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.075 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 147 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.130 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.853 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.685 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.735 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.913 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.684 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.693 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.450 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.961 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.951 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
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