M1.7 earthquake 68 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 68 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 7:03 PM AKDT (03:03 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 59 km N of Karluk, 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
- 2020-08-10 03:03:55 UTC
- Depth
- 80.9 km (50.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.419° N, 155.564° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.569 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.647 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.271 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.773 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3105 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.661 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.668 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.777 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.563 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.651 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 82 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.543 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.539 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.685 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.757 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 140 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 137 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.661 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.877 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.850 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2222 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.573 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.139 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 2.010 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.673 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.157 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.371 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.287 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.925 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.973 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.162 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 149 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.169 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.976 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.891 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.098 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.884 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.754 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 70 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.767 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 69 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.597 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.546 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.344 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 161 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.927 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.954 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.869 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 63 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.321 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.066 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 71 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.219 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.423 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.462 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 148 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 63 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.58 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.072 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.692 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.749 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.554 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2262 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
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