M1.7 earthquake 42 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 42 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 8:03 PM AKST (05:03 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 63 km ESE of Egegik, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-05 05:03:53 UTC
- Depth
- 68.1 km (42.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.589° N, 155.171° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.375 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 667 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 666 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.988 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 666 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.986 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 665 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.486 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 665 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 665 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.660 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 664 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.893 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 664 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.368 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 664 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 664 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.846 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 664 days ago · 80 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.773 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 664 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.988 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 664 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.587 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 664 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.786 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 663 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 661 days ago · 79 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.766 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 660 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.291 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 660 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.031 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 660 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.059 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 660 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.731 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 659 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.123 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.165 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 658 days ago · 82 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 657 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.664 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 657 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.868 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 657 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4107 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 657 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.191 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 657 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.287 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 656 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.070 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 656 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8109 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 656 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.683 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 655 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.879 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 655 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.689 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 654 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.874 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 653 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.058 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 653 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.290 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 653 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.942 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 653 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.6101 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 652 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.218 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 652 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.966 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 651 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.154 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 651 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 649 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 647 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.188 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 647 days ago · 99 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.742 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 646 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.970 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 646 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 646 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.867 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 645 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.684 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 645 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.972 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.970 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 644 days ago · 144 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 644 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.030 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 644 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.868 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 643 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.722 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 643 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.694 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 642 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.824 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 642 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.137 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 641 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 138.
Before
- 2.068 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 667 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.927 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 667 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.862 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 667 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.371 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 668 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 668 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.661 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 668 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.229 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 669 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.034 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 669 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.968 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 669 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.661 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 670 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 670 days ago · 57 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0107 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 670 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.825 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 670 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.756 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 670 days ago · 151 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.683 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 671 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.149 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 673 days ago · 64 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.835 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 674 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.270 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 675 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.614 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 676 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.870 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 677 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
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