M1.6 earthquake 46 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 46 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Oct 8, 2017, 1:22 AM AKDT (09:22 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 68 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-08 09:22:25 UTC
- Depth
- 73.8 km (45.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.911° N, 154.905° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3283 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.288 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.634 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.558 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.276 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.128 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.268 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.783 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.055 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 86 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.855 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 129 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.771 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 134 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.568 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.951 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3277 days ago · 155 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 152 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.440 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.769 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.780 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.660 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.922 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.678 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.224 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 136 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.538 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.358 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 150 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.623 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.268 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 149 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.677 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.023 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5100 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.739 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.697 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.283 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.833 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.271 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3261 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.561 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 83 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.646 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.494 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 136 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.789 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.758 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.823 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.776 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.567 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.770 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3250 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.133 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 1.992 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.057 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.677 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.684 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.611 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.460 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.939 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3290 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3291 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.975 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3292 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.880 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3293 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.083 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.567 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.468 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
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