Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 89 km SW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 89 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Mon, May 28, 2018, 8:40 PM AKDT (04:40 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-05-29 04:40:35 UTC
Depth
70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.126° N, 155.690° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.4ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.722 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.863 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.741 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.4106 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.645 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.8111 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.073 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.570 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.773 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.651 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.4107 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.559 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.787 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.573 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.778 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.556 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 3.056 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.655 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.268 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.768 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.482 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.575 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.952 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.749 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.7121 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.7121 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.551 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.816 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.777 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.743 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.841 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.8129 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.558 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 1.551 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.781 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 1.834 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.851 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.990 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.549 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.957 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 3.451 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 147 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.182 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.614 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 3.4105 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.869 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.070 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 81 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.340 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.954 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.851 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.823 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.582 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.773 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 2.374 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.783 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.633 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 3.067 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 148 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.625 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.968 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.164 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 90.

Before

  1. 2.160 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 141 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.568 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.150 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.878 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.493 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.393 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.890 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.019 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.556 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.912 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.145 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3055 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.957 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.615 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.737 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.272 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.866 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.510 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.517 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.181 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away

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