Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 61 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 61 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, May 11, 2018, 9:26 PM AKDT (05:26 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Fri, May 11, 2018, 9:26 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-05-12 05:26:44 UTC
Depth: 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 57.669° N, 155.475° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.9	ML, local (Richter)	AACSE	Preliminary

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: 16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01862e2n88 (also filed as ak19454259, aacse01862e2n88). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.