Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 83 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 83 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 5:38 AM AKDT (13:38 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 72 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-06-12 13:38:03 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.138° N, 155.383° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.6ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary
1.0ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.285 · 9 stations

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
22

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 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.754 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 165 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.165 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.753 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 155 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.952 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 155 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.781 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.957 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.451 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 147 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.088 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 141 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.869 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.641 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.340 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.676 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.6105 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.571 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 147 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.851 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 130 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.582 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.773 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.591 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.075 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.783 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.633 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.868 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.962 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 132 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 3.067 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 148 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 1.625 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.164 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 1.767 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.673 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.872 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.942 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.870 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.886 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 129 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.639 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 1.658 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.879 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 136 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3010 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 3.376 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  38. 1.676 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.925 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.056 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.269 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.269 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.672 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.258 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 154 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.787 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.870 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.992 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 87 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 1.964 km SE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 145 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.7101 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 1.577 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.587 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.579 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.760 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 1.590 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.675 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.789 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.066 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 129 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.858 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 3.059 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.869 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 1.696 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.551 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.558 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.841 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.781 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.776 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.554 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.743 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.885 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.570 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 143 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.554 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 134 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.816 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3038 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.554 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.749 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.762 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 97 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.651 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away

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