M1.9 earthquake 59 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 59 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 9:03 AM AKST (18:03 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 57 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-30 18:03:16 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.401° N, 155.402° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.385 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 68 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.593 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.941 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.635 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.677 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.968 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 148 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.013 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.337 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.646 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.771 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.169 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 151 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 147 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.861 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.357 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 9 · tsunami flag
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.556 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.256 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.655 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.655 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.093 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.079 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.959 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.778 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.271 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.087 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.559 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.164 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 136.
Before
- 1.917 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.967 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.024 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.558 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.857 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 138 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.978 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 132 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.534 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.876 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2078 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.485 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.994 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.839 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
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