M1.8 earthquake 29 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 9:20 AM AKST (18:20 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 53 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-06 18:20:20 UTC
- Depth
- 54.4 km (33.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.496° N, 154.922° 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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.847 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.022 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.867 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.527 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 75 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 53 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.885 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.240 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.879 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.171 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.047 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 3177 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.177 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.929 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.016 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.136 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.476 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.982 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.067 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.739 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.051 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.374 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.235 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 58 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.522 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.778 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 93 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.172 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.887 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.646 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 87 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.171 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.819 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.271 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.647 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.666 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.131 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.633 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.442 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.636 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 82 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.822 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.655 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.149 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3194 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.484 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.880 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.581 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.185 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.726 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
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