Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 56 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 3:39 AM AKST (12:39 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 87 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-12-05 12:39:08 UTC
Depth
81.9 km (50.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.947° N, 155.101° 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
38

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.886 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.360 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.790 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.375 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 133 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.149 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.930 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.978 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.747 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.073 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.356 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 146 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.151 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.886 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 123 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.867 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 139 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.620 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.882 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.997 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.883 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.713 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.698 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.258 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 141 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.034 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 2842 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.158 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 152 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.548 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.755 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 2.174 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.952 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.432 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 184 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 3.760 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.971 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.767 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 1.992 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.177 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.787 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 1.882 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.963 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 141 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.591 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.786 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.387 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 1.987 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 1.653 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.631 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 4.488 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away · tsunami flag
  51. 1.980 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.954 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 157 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.018 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 70 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  54. 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.746 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 1.874 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 124 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.524 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 1.875 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 115 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.685 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 1.958 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 148 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 2.154 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 93 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.268 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.945 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 91 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.256 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.880 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 141 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.078 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.525 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.985 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.777 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.426 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.657 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.378 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.631 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.989 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2870 days ago · 154 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.667 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.943 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.993 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.281 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018fkuk885. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:36 AM UTC.