Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 46 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 46 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, May 27, 2019, 7:35 AM AKDT (15:35 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 21 km SW 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
2019-05-27 15:35:08 UTC
Depth
74.4 km (46.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.809° N, 155.097° 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

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: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.565 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.976 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.663 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.170 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.917 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.081 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.975 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.074 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.158 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.581 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 96 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.673 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.865 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.831 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.646 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 1.585 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.078 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.584 km N of Karluk, AK · 2674 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.556 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.694 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 120 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.525 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.081 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.591 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.138 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.635 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 1.663 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2667 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.778 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 1.870 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 1.710 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.983 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.822 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.160 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 1.684 km NNW of Karluk, AK · 2664 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.6101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.140 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.774 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.863 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 162 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.630 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.951 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 1.563 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.855 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.979 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.081 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.517 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.564 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 1.590 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 2.384 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.840 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 2.183 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.685 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.870 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 155 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 4.921 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 1.690 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 86 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.968 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 138 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.727 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.759 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.987 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.920 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 2.625 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 2.377 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 1.574 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.044 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 81 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.398 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.982 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 140 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.648 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.077 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.661 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.630 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.589 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.531 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.667 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.656 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 158 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.284 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.669 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.983 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.313 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.583 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.125 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.856 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 156 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.186 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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