M1.8 earthquake 43 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 9:27 AM AKST (18:27 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 89 km NW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-26 18:27:37 UTC
- Depth
- 68.8 km (42.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.924° N, 154.146° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.714 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.448 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.246 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.720 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.726 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.185 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.086 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 133 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.581 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.880 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3194 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.655 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.822 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.896 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.847 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 60 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.022 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.686 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.487 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.188 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.885 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.240 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.879 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.047 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.749 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.621 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.929 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.016 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 1.886 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.589 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.867 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.828 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.285 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.959 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.967 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.560 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.782 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.067 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.510 km S of Port Lions, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.814 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.660 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.455 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.384 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
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