Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 63 km N of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 63 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 12:06 AM AKDT (08:06 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 36 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-21 08:06:54 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.133° N, 154.636° 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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.651 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.727 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.6101 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.539 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.568 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.717 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.924 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.595 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.587 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 129 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.695 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.577 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 88 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.121 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.179 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.866 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.072 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.738 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2219 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.672 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.557 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 3.139 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
  26. 2.010 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.652 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 3.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 83 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 1.661 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.810 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.097 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 107 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.566 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.727 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.565 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.547 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 161 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 1.558 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.663 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 159 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.371 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.565 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.063 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 172 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.581 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.817 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.287 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 4.136 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away · tsunami flag
  49. 3.034 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 127 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.679 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.679 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.075 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.573 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.632 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.517 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.162 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 149 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.793 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 3.959 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.974 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 1.577 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.777 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.668 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.523 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.151 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.773 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.732 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.175 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.687 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.988 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.886 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.086 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.388 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.096 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.163 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.460 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.534 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.768 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away

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