M1.6 earthquake 53 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Oct 7, 2020, 12:40 AM AKDT (08:40 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 20 km WSW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-07 08:40:25 UTC
- Depth
- 82.3 km (51.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.952° N, 154.992° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.546 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.972 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.181 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.420 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.779 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 125 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.761 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 156 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.487 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.632 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.166 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.526 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.587 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.680 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.568 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.992 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.025 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2173 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.178 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 136 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.458 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.190 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.778 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.071 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.782.1 km SE of Karluk, AK · 2162 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.774 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.876 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.922 km NNW of Karluk, AK · 2160 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.538.9 km E of Aleneva, AK · 2160 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.666 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 101 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2157 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.674 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.645 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.161 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.977 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.788 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.184 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.582 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.892 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.960 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 137 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.876 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.767 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.754 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.884 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.988 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.976 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.974 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 123 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.162 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 149 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.973 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.075 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.679 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.034 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.287 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.063 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 172 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.565 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
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