Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 57 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 57 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 12:03 AM AKST (09:03 UTC), 82 km (51 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-04 09:03:21 UTC
Depth
81.8 km (50.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
58.038° N, 154.842° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.612 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.937 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.024 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.061 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 141 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2457 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.767 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 89 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.588 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 3.074 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.782 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.081 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.226 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.856 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.547 km W of Karluk, AK · 2453 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.541 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 65 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.863 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.822 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.631 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.181 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 88 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.581 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.280 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.181 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 1.781 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.880 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.484 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 1.684 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.083 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.682 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.093 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.670 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.863 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.066 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 144 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.994 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.662 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.562 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 97 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 1.944 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.128 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.678 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 137 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.179 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.626 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.179 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.854 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.589 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 1.791 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.475 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.956 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 78 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 2.291 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.596 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.894 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.596 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.594 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 1.597 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.563 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 142 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.849 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 1.684 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.821 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 3.430 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 175 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.033 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.065 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 129 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.528 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.183 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2466 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.86 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.624 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.663 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.598 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.164 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.9103 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.159 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.785 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.970 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.383 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.168 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away

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