Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 52 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 8:43 AM AKDT (16:43 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 53 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Naknek forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-03-28 16:43:57 UTC
Depth
71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.734° N, 155.276° 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
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.5ML, 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.665 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 148 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.597 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.993 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.055 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.177 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.868 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.54 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.979 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 129 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.511 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.468 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.798 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.617 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.961 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.17 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.965 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.148 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.85 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.420 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.984 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 129 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.945 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.557 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 70 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 1.876 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.382 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.871 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.558 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.236 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.138 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.985 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 1.837 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.552 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.786 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.648 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 85 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.171 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.911 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.058 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.086 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.539 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.297 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.780 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.880 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.944 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 87 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 1.768 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.946 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 74 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 1.913 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 1.711 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.535 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.626 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.579 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.877 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 1.938 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 2.047 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 59 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 1.579 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.362 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 1.661 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 1.662 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 1.723 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.865 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.161 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 112.

Before

  1. 1.665 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.656 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.825 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.881 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.784 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.634 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.523 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.886 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.774 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.361 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2748 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.579 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.270 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.674 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.075 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 84 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.683 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.853 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.241 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.743 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.096 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019405jgu0 (also filed as aacse019405jgu0). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.