Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 87 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 87 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Jan 8, 2017, 6:18 AM AKST (15:18 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 53 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-08 15:18:47 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.176° N, 155.379° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.879 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.669 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.782 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.862 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 145 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.370 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.863 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 133 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.687 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.079 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.336 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.148 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.970 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.024 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.087 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.864 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.158 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.813 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.233 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 170 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.963 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 1.595 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.356 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 147 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.079 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.777 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.171 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.851 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.658 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 1.562 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.251 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 153 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.087 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.631 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.861 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.958 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.897 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 112 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.668 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3533 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.66 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.6103 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.982 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 127 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.943 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 154 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.186 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 121 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 2.135 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 167 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.885 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.190 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 133 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.765 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 165 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.890 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.567 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.652 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.658 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.079 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 1.785 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 1.975 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 2.260 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3557 days ago · 99 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.649 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.957 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 158 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.081 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.274 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 129 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3561 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.470 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 131 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.531 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.362 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.380 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.591 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.639 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.783 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.992 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.561 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.080 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.936 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away

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