M1.6 earthquake 86 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 86 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, Jan 8, 2018, 6:59 AM AKST (15:59 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 89 km NW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-08 15:59:42 UTC
- Depth
- 88.4 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.340° N, 154.318° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.487 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.662 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.628 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.188 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 133 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.885 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.240 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.879 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.852 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 161 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.793 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.873 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 137 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.047 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.749 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.589 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.790 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.621 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.88 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.353 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 162 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.016 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.260 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 145 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.390 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.985 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.084 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.688 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.395 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.981 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 72 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.684 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.159 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.566 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.957 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.920 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.522 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.172 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.646 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.083 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 91 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.688 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.756 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.884 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 91 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.590 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 2.042 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.268 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.693 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.085 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.972 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.847 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.750 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.896 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.822 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.655 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.460 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 149 km deep · 98 km away
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