Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 62 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 62 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 11:47 PM AKDT (07:47 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 69 km W of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 11:47 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-04-20 07:47:08 UTC
Depth: 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 57.649° N, 155.486° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 2
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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
4.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.176 · 9 stations

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 155

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 132.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018521kav6 (also filed as ak19245420, us1000dp30). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC.