M2.3 earthquake 75 km SW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 75 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 2:13 AM AKST (11:13 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 24 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-21 11:13:05 UTC
- Depth
- 67.4 km (41.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.173° N, 155.472° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5106 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.591 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.024 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.867 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.123 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.785 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 68 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.581 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.484 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3196 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.822 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.022 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.867 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.657 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.527 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.171 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 77 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 3179 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.177 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 64 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.929 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.016 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3120 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.476 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.982 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.723 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 85.
Before
- 1.967 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.353 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1120 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.856 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 134 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.660 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.930 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.712 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.078 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.383 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.074 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1101 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.567 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.189 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6113 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017gbaerpt (also filed as ak17647906). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:16 PM UTC.