M1.7 earthquake 55 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 55 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:16 AM AKST (13:16 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 74 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-21 13:16:15 UTC
- Depth
- 75.2 km (46.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.065° N, 154.449° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.174 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.952 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.845 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.767 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.992 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.787 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.882 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.841 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.591 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.665 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.266 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.786 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.387 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.987 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.653 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.933 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 90 · tsunami flag
- 1.737 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.635 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.840 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.935 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.631 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.488 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.954 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 157 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 1.536 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.874 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.692 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.524 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.875 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.685 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 148 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.761 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.945 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.070 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 116 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.755 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.160 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.815 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.178 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 99 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.044 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.164 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.687 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.541 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.055 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 153 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.058 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.880 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 124.
Before
- 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.548 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 152 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.521 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.034 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.698 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.713 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.883 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.997 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.620 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.886 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.151 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.884 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 72 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.747 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.978 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
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