M1.7 earthquake 54 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 5:24 AM AKST (14:24 UTC), 55 km (34 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-06 14:24:05 UTC
- Depth
- 55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.359° N, 155.269° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.568 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.187 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.681 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.257 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9110 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 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 · 2081 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.994 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.485 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2078 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.631 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.876 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.534 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.978 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 132 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.875 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.558 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.024 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.967 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.917 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.959 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.385 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.560 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 68 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.593 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.941 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.579 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 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 · 89 km away
- 1.677 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.013 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.337 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.646 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.771 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.169 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 151 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 147 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.861 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.881 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.357 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 9 · tsunami flag
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.556 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 51 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 61 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 1.943 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.4113 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.974 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 83 · tsunami flag
- 1.658 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.662 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.553 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.578 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.288 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.426 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.125 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.630 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.371 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
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