Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 63 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 63 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Dec 4, 2020, 8:18 AM AKST (17:18 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 11 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-04 17:18:24 UTC
Depth
81.1 km (50.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.464° N, 155.492° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.885 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.551 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.583 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, AK · 2121 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.813 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.856 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.822 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.565 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 84 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.376 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.271 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 139 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.65 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.542 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.872 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.759 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.152 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 81 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.876 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 81 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.371 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.149 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.630 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.125 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.563 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.662 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.288 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.578 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.553 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.662 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 79 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 1.658 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 4.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 83 · tsunami flag
  31. 2.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.974 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.519 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 3.4113 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.569 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 1.943 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.754 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 55 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 1.914 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.568 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 1.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.745 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 1.843 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.187 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 1.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 3.681 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 2.257 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.516 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.9110 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.619 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.65 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.839 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.994 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.485 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2084 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.631 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.712 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.157 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 1.930 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.616 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.558 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 146 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.484 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.960 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 73 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2130 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.624 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.4113 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.024 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.979 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.054 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 143 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.959 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.99 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.883 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.762 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.826 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.167 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.272 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 72 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.682 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.152 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away

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