M1.5 earthquake 52 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 9:51 AM AKDT (17:51 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 79 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-15 17:51:12 UTC
- Depth
- 80.1 km (49.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 57.827° N, 155.193° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.557 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 81 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.979 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 147 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2018 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.049 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.659 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 153 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.266 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.849 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.685 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.057 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.433 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 69 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.543 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 141 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.336 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.680 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.883 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.652 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.787 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 142 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.458 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.917 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.517 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.137 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.233 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2000 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.585 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.925 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 69 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.974 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.891 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.892 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.877 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.163 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 136 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.657 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.578 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.280 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.240 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.681 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 142 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.687 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.962 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.766 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.917 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.979 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.996 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.3100 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.098 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.536 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 2.053 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 164 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.781 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.955 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.434 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.984 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.369 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.923 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.546 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.883 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.627 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.938 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.521 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.883 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
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