Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:56 PM AKDT (00:56 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 89 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-28 00:56:44 UTC
Depth
56.7 km (35.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.761° N, 155.350° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.889 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.877 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.488 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.190 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1942 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 3.186 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.884 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.562 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 132 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.244 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.588 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.982 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.088 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.688 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.689 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.693 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.991 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.986 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.888 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.587 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.571 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 1.555 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.046 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 58 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 1.776 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.177 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.876 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.064 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 4.473 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  32. 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 142 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1914 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 1.676 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.133 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.569 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.628 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1910 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 3.293 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.687 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 1.884 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 2.491 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.292 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.787 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.840 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.788 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 2.085 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 91 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 2.833 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 3.093 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.546 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 3.550 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 146 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.569 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.753 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 155 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 1.958 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 155 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.117 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.040 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.969 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 1.976 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 142 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 3.343 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.537 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.023 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.129 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.064 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.069 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.635 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 76 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.394 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.873 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.664 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.852 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 156 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.647 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.982 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.49 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.542 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.440 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.135 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.877 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.234 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.799 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away

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