M1.6 earthquake 56 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 7:05 PM AKST (04:05 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 99 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-17 04:05:34 UTC
- Depth
- 8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.080° N, 154.417° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.644 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.068 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.239 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2102 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.538 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.699 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.995 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.370 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 138 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.135 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.191 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.281 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.974 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.182 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.748 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.197 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.891 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.347 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.061 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.331 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.089 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.888 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.168 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.928 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.244 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1697 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.018 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.267 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.624 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.728 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.783 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.453 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 148 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.466 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.061 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.551 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.125 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.867 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.660 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.564 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.350 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.690 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1691 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.692 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.646 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.891 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.740 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.453 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 142 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.759 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.589 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1685 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.030 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.840 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.791 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.644 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.849 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.077 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 72 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.827 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1726 days ago · 149 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.690 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.676 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.465 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.956 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.184 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
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