M1.9 earthquake 48 km SW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 48 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 4:01 PM AKDT (00:01 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 92 km WSW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-08 00:01:03 UTC
- Depth
- 54.6 km (33.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.286° N, 155.059° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.68 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.985 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.184 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.930 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.724 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.062 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.662 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.997 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.492 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.622 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.264 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2968 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.364 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.183 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.768 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 2.082 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.673 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.979 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 122 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.564 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1117 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.682 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.691 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.397 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.133 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.033 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.155 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.530 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.682 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.888 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.986 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.040 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 63 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.156 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.753 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.871 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.714 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 54 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.172 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.677 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.853 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 77 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.183 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.668 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.779 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9124 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.780 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 98 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.611 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.141 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.663 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.778 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2984 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.691 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.667 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.189 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.276 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.540 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.875 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.022 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.272 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.776 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
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