Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 51 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 11:07 AM AKDT (19:07 UTC), 81 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 20 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-19 19:07:55 UTC
Depth
81.4 km (50.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.683° N, 155.298° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.523 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.661 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.668 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 97 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.777 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.563 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.651 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.727 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.539 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.717 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.587 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.685 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.757 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 140 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.662 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 137 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.661 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.577 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.866 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 94 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.738 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.877 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.850 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2222 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.573 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 3.139 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
  26. 2.010 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.652 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 3.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.673 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.810 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.097 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.727 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.565 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 133 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.547 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 161 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.157 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.558 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 88 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.371 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.565 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.287 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 127 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.632 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.973 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.517 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.162 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 149 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.169 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.793 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.976 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.098 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.884 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.754 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 1.767 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.597 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.546 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.972 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 2.181 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.36 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 3.420 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 1.773 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.271 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.523 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.687 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.988 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.886 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.086 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.388 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.096 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.569 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.768 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.344 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 161 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.047 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 137 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.927 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.954 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.869 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.321 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away

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