M1.6 earthquake 20 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 11:11 PM AKST (08:11 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 82 km WSW 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-14 08:11:27 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.397° N, 154.589° 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: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.882 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.288 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.713 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.918 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.284 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.034 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.521 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.548 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.318 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.755 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.952 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.767 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.882 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.380 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.934 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.653 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.75 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.631 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.524 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.761 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 55 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.779 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.755 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.518 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.427 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.350 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.646 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.178 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.044 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.172 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.556 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.639 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.523 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.891 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 88.
Before
- 2.390 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.747 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.930 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.149 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.745 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.316 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.360 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.527 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.856 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.628 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.154 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.958 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.059 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.945 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.256 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
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