Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 38 km SE of Egegik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km SE of Egegik, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 5:34 PM AKST (02:34 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 89 km NW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Naknek forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-07 02:34:04 UTC
Depth
22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.979° N, 156.904° 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
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.657 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.879 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.852 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 161 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 3178 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.353 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 162 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.476 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.982 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.723 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.374 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.032 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.778 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.887 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.171 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.271 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.866 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 137 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.881 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 134 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.666 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.865 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.030 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 190 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.073 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.773 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.689 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.887 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.277 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 129 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.583 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.19 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 143 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.844 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.460 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 149 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.855 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 156 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.580 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3195 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.484 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.880 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.581 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.185 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.874 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.755 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 153 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.867 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.967 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.353 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.258 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.781 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018bm5ldk (also filed as ak18034020). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.