M1.5 earthquake 19 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 19 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:20 PM AKST (21:20 UTC), 60 km (37 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-03 21:20:46 UTC
- Depth
- 60.1 km (37.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.731° N, 154.347° 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: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.580 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.943 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.179 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.568 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.497 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.257 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.722 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.65 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.485 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2078 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 56 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.719 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.865 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.986 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.978 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.892 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.924 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.075 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.558 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.630 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.895 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.024 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.917 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.128 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.941 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 73 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6100 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.013 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.337 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of 139.
Before
- 1.974 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 83 · tsunami flag
- 1.658 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.662 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.596 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.568 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.426 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.125 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.630 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.534 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.371 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.876 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.152 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.629 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
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