M2.1 earthquake 70 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 70 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska on Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 3:29 PM AKST (00:29 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 39 km W 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
- 2017-03-09 00:29:15 UTC
- Depth
- 144.7 km (89.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.196° N, 155.899° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.574 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 124 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.287 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.456 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3495 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.079 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 131 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.273 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 134 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.884 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.750 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.959 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 125 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.880 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 135 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 155 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.656 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 153 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.358 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 141 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.581 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.864 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 145 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.271 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.463 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 126 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.982 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.378 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.976 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 3470 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.745 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 130 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.870 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 127 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.687 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 130 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.548 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.684 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.454 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 147 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.957 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 147 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.849 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 152 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.677 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.876 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.886 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 129 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.760 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 156 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.059 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 148 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.535 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.094 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.329 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.532 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.027 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.034 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 3.133 km S of King Salmon, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 184 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.668 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 142 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.532 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.164 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 140 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.966 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.865 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.450 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 146 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.883 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.274 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.982 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.052 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 162 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.991 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.691 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
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