Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 50 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 50 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:49 PM AKST (05:49 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 53 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-02-18 05:49:10 UTC
Depth
66.6 km (41.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.585° N, 155.298° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.453 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.794 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.756 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.992 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.073 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.773 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.759 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.267 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.459 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.519 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.689 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.887 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.353 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.530 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.277 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.168 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.463 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.529 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.871 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.583 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.8101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 76 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.969 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.831 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 2.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 1.670 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.844 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.465 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.819 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.020 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.382 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.691 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.680 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.594 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.930 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.740 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.851 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 1.529 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.569 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.635 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.150 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 132 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.827 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.973 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 1.953 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.784 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 1.992 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.533 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.541 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 69 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.058 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.779 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.986 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.929 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 1.819 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.626 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 2.172 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.324 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.056 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 160 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.936 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 2.059 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 147 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.848 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.286 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.865 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 128 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.548 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.659 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.386 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.131 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.666 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.946 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.881 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.647 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 61 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.866 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.271 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.171 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.051 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 87 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.887 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.172 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.778 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away

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