Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 87 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 87 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 7:29 PM AKDT (03:29 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 52 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-09-27 03:29:51 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.172° N, 155.394° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.35ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.233574557271986 · 14 stations

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.687 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.649 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.473 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.630 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.726 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.774 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.087 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.089 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.655 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.675 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 135 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.885 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1097 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.968 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.734 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.083 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.775 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.976 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.524 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.951 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 151 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.684 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.834 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.546 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 1.926 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.288 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 135 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.575 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.876 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1088 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.233 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.074 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1086 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.974 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.286 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1085 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.983 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1084 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.884 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 1.856 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 154 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.657 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.130 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1083 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.750 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1082 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.854 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.085 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 1.970 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.768 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.955 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1081 days ago · 159 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 2.047 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 1.578 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 2.15 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.485 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1079 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.232 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.740 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1078 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1077 days ago · 90 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 1.835 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 1.771 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.577 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1077 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.087 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1075 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 1.980 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.782 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.573 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.868 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 126 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.175 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.074 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.886 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.759 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.565 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.885 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.965 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.469 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1106 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.717 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.220 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.988 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.885 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away

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