M1.7 earthquake 86 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 86 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, May 16, 2023, 1:38 PM AKDT (21:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 59 km N of Karluk, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-16 21:38:03 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.191° N, 155.323° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.687 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1235 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.861 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1234 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.684 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.480 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.876 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 134 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.953 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.840 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.062 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 125 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.954 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.845 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.971 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.336 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.491 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.934 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.767 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 139 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.689 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.986 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1228 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.584 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 169 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.597 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1226 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.966 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.538 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.086 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.086 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.189 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.851 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.679 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1223 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.885 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.883 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.783 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1222 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.384 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 124 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.653 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.987 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.884 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.621 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.289 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.088 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.527 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.850 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.657 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.669 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 119 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.085 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 2.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.980 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.584 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.887 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 130 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.479 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
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