M1.7 earthquake 44 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 44 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Aug 1, 2020, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 36 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-02 06:17:38 UTC
- Depth
- 63.1 km (39.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.361° N, 155.084° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.423 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.219 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.066 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.321 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.954 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.927 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 137 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.768 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.569 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.523 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.271 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.773 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.523 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3105 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.661 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.668 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.563 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.651 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.539 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.685 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.661 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 122 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.577 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.877 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.850 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2220 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.573 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.139 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 7
- 2.010 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.652 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.727 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.157 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.287 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.925 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 1.58 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.072 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.749 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 61 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2259 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.219 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.668 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 136 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.734 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.747 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.182 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.020 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.559 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
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