M1.5 earthquake 72 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 72 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 8:05 AM AKST (17:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 84 km WNW of Karluk, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-18 17:05:43 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.477° N, 155.657° 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: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.076 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.585 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.765 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.744 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.069 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.824 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.654 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 145 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.861 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 142 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.296 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.440 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3226 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.944 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.859 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.654 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 151 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.964 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.783 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.153 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.889 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.765 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.6113 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.189 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.074 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 89 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.383 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.078 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.712 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.930 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 74 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.660 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 143 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.856 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1120 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 72 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.353 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.560 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.967 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.375 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 67 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5106 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.959 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.285 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.867 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 92 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 102.
Before
- 1.861 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 162 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.967 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.464 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 134 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 141 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7104 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.258 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 158 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.762 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 146 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3246 days ago · 87 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.133 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3247 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.770 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 75 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.676 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.567 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
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