M2.1 earthquake 48 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 48 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Jan 14, 2017, 12:21 PM AKST (21:21 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 53 km NNW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-14 21:21:25 UTC
- Depth
- 81.5 km (50.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.823° N, 155.124° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.970 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.024 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.087 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.158 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.813 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.892 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.527 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.595 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.356 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 147 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.079 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.171 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 84 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.6100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 87 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.251 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 153 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.631 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.958 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.897 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 112 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3534 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.497 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.437 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6103 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.982 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 121 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.684 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.885 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.190 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.247 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.769 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.079 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.785 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.959 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 91 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.245 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.041 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.628 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.794 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.692 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.868 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.453 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.481 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 2.336 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.079 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.863 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.370 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.862 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 145 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.782 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.879 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.787 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3557 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.957 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 158 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.333 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
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