Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 49 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Jan 4, 2018, 12:28 AM AKST (09:28 UTC), 73 km (45 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
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-04 09:28:15 UTC
Depth
73.2 km (45.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.657° N, 155.259° 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
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.560 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.855 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 156 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.460 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 149 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.655 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.822 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.829 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.847 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.022 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.519 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.867 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.686 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.629 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.657 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.317 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.628 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 1.630 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.885 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.240 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.879 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.852 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 161 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.171 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.857 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 80 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 3178 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.177 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.88 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.353 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 162 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.929 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.016 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.647 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.476 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.395 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 1.982 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.067 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 1.739 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.051 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.374 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 2.235 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.522 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.044 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 2.778 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.172 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.887 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.051 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 87 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.171 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.271 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.866 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 137 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 1.745 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 75 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.580 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3195 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 3.484 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.880 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.581 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.052 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.818 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.826 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.185 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.726 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.785 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.720 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 3199 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.874 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.535 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.755 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 153 km deep · 92 km away

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