M2.0 earthquake 42 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 42 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 8:31 AM AKDT (16:31 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 64 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-17 16:31:20 UTC
- Depth
- 63.8 km (39.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.548° N, 155.164° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.851 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.051 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.752 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.553 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.034 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 159 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.692 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.732 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.640 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.762 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 148 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.827 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 127 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.755 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.888 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.857 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.429 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.516 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 114 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 147 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.688 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.090 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.271 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.566 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.955 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 146 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.394 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.874 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.774 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.560 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.852 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.667 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.696 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2363 days ago · 74 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.154 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.984 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2109 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.286 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.670 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.784 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 121 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.136 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.331 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.019 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.884 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.964 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 146 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.568 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.031 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 2.861 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.565 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.528 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 66 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.475 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 127 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.623 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.340 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.741 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.255 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.883 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.689 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.522 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.085 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.858 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
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