M1.5 earthquake 60 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 60 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 3:30 PM AKST (00:30 UTC), 81 km (50 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
- 2017-12-20 00:30:39 UTC
- Depth
- 81.2 km (50.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.107° N, 154.636° 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: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.967 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.959 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 82 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.371 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.285 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.867 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.589 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.886 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.843 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.448 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.755 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 153 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.246 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.170 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.726 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.185 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.086 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.581 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.484 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3194 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.562 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.855 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 156 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.460 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 149 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.655 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.822 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.896 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.847 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.022 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.268 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.686 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
The first 60 of 138.
Before
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.067 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.814 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.660 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.455 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.384 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.054 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.712 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.068 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.050 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.071 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.068 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.055 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 137 km deep · 94 km away
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