M2.1 earthquake 71 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 71 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, Jan 1, 2023, 12:06 PM AKST (21:06 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km SSW of Larsen Bay, 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-01 21:06:53 UTC
- Depth
- 15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.511° N, 155.649° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1371 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.015 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.014 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.763 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 67 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.722 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1369 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1369 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.684 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1369 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.568 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.338 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1368 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7111 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.486 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.936 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.891 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.891 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.287 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 93 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1364 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.171 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.058 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.762 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.877 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.896 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.894 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.254 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 150 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.921 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.682 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.867 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.238 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.036 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.086 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.189 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1347 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.790 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.090 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 160.
Before
- 2.084 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 136 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.872 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1373 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1374 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.792 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.579 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.878 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1377 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.387 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.076 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.378 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1378 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.483 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1379 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
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