M1.5 earthquake 85 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 85 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 12:01 AM AKST (09:01 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 84 km WNW of Karluk, 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
- 2017-11-21 09:01:30 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.161° N, 155.358° 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
- 19
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 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.765 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.069 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 97 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.493 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.824 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.654 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 145 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.776 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.861 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 142 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.971 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.726 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.777 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3226 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.944 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.859 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.654 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 151 km deep · 59 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 · 97 km away
- 2.075 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.765 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.055 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.068 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.071 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.074 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.068 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.078 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.712 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.054 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.384 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.660 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.968 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 143 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 134 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.560 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.967 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.959 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.371 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.285 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.867 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.886 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.843 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.755 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 153 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.246 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.170 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.726 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 2.275 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 127 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.572 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.861 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 162 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.967 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.464 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.860 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 137 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.860 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.258 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 158 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.191 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.762 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 146 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3246 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.960 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 145 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3247 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
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