Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 66 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 66 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 9:07 PM AKDT (05:07 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 95 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-28 05:07:37 UTC
Depth
81.1 km (50.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.376° N, 155.505° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.295 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.333 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.770 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.620 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.783 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.778 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 132 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.773 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.234 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.877 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.440 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.542 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.932 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.49 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.982 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.647 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.873 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.635 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.064 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.129 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 3.023 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.537 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 3.343 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.877 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.488 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.190 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1942 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.021 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 3.186 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.884 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.562 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 132 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.244 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.8104 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.588 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.982 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 130 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 3.088 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.688 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.689 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 1.693 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.991 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.986 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.888 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 1.587 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.571 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 1.555 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.838 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.197 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 2.046 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.177 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.876 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.064 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 1.766 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 67 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.645 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.785 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 128 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.270 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 84 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.523 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.149 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.249 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.887 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.655 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.879 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.211 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.272 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.829 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.019 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.834 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.756 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.616 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.759 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.946 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.536 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away

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