Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 75 km SW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 75 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 2:57 AM AKST (11:57 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 79 km E of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-02-09 11:57:54 UTC
Depth
50.8 km (31.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.158° N, 155.448° 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
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.566 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.551 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.232 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.431 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.677 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.733 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.651 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.758 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.057 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2423 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.313 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.686 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.18 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.586 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.979 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
  16. 1.622 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.752 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.238 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 122 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.517 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.2102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.742 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.930 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.725 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.057 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.957 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 2.121 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 3.039 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.675 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.985 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.255 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.235 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.554 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.658 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 3.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.632 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.899 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.628 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.899 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.529 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 2.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 3.085 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.883 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.255 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.623 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.681 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.475 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2391 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.645 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 1.528 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.042 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 1.851 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 2.051 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.752 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.553 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 2.034 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.692 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.270 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.155 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.954 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.846 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.741 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.893 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.044 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.643 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.746 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.115 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.0128 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.849 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.027 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.542 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.839 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.643 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.854 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.626 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away

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