M2.2 earthquake 42 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 42 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, May 23, 2020, 4:31 AM AKDT (12:31 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 52 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-23 12:31:11 UTC
- Depth
- 60.2 km (37.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.947° N, 154.424° 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
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.253 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.325 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.799 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.365 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.578 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.735 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.834 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.471 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.818 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.517 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.585 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.724 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.642 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.370 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.544 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.528 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.479 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.091 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.570 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.852 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.719 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.583 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.686 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.892 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.075 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.686 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 138 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.677 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.530 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2293 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9101 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.348 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.586 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.856 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2284 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.781 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 113 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.579 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 132 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.647 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.578 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.587 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.357 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.020 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.973 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.683 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.784 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.589 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.067 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 3.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.231 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Port Lions, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.572 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.285 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.09 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.092 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.562 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 144 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.255 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 1.780 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.687 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 149 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
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