M1.6 earthquake 19 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 4:05 PM AKST (01:05 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 79 km E of Ugashik, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-28 01:05:01 UTC
- Depth
- 56.0 km (34.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.482° N, 154.733° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.956 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.027 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.115 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.832 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.044 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.893 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.741 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.582 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.684 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.214 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.775 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.566 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.775 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.881 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.727 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.232 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.431 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.677 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.313 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.686 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.651 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.18 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.736 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.979 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 1.622 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.735 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 48 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.752 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.517 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.742 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.930 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.688 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.821 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.991 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.725 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.783 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.121 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.547 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.039 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.675 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.985 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.235 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.086 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.079 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.835 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.632 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.899 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.628 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 52 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.899 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 1.791 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.179 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 67 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.179 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 125 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.678 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.128 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.944 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.623 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.562 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.021 km NNW of Old Harbor, AK · 2443 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.924 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.863 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
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