M1.6 earthquake 62 km SW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, May 16, 2024, 11:49 PM AKDT (07:49 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 73 km WNW of Karluk, 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
- 2024-05-17 07:49:27 UTC
- Depth
- 56.9 km (35.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.225° N, 155.273° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.633 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 869 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.676 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 869 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.626 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 869 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.569 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 868 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.727 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 868 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 866 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.074 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 866 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.355 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 866 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.588 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 865 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.868 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 865 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.794 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 865 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.576 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 864 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 863 days ago · 130 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.985 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 863 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.873 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 863 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.553 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 862 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.627 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 862 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.528 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 862 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.938 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 862 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.789 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 861 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.929 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 861 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.017 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 861 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 861 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.920 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 861 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.046 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 860 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.580 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 859 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 858 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3110 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 858 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.560 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 858 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.157 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 856 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.398 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 855 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 854 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 854 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.875 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 853 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.981 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 853 days ago · 60 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.547 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 853 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 852 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.591 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 852 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.797 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 852 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.531 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 851 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.674 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 851 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.612 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 851 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.761 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 851 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.142 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 851 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.991 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 851 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2110 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 850 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.854 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 850 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 850 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 850 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 850 days ago · 51 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.153 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 849 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.035 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 848 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.131 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 848 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.578 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 846 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 844 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.531 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 844 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.787 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 843 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.969 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 843 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 843 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.542 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 842 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 133.
Before
- 1.646 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 871 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 871 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 872 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.394 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 873 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 875 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 875 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.284 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 875 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.315 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 876 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 878 days ago · 51 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.064 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 878 days ago · 69 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.778 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 878 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 880 days ago · 53 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.666 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 880 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 881 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.741 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 881 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.582 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 882 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.49 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 882 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 882 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.439 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 882 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.569 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 882 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
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