M1.5 earthquake 33 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 33 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 2:16 PM AKDT (22:16 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 69 km W 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-16 22:16:11 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.538° N, 155.007° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.541 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 69 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.779 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.986 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.947 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.070 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.172 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.324 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.936 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.288 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.237 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.083 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.314 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.681 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.721 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.287 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.092 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.270 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.689 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.781 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.372 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.847 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.387 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.043 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.287 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.858 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.168 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 135 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.844 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.99 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.269 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.676 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.842 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 65 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.056 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.512 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.361 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.610 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.862 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 1.561 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.659 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.961 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.756 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.759 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.559 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.459 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.861 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.259 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.258 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 1.992 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.784 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.569 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.529 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.851 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.283 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.740 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.930 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.594 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.680 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.691 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.382 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.020 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.819 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.465 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.844 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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