M2.2 earthquake 53 km SW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Sun, May 24, 2020, 6:40 AM AKDT (14:40 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 121 km WSW of Akhiok, 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
- 2020-05-24 14:40:51 UTC
- Depth
- 49.5 km (30.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.199° N, 155.024° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.325 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.572 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.566 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.735 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.028 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.569 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.471 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.818 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 47 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.517 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.724 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.642 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.819 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.888 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.544 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.852 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9105 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.542 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.559 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.677 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2290 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.570 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2101 km W of Akhiok, AK · 2289 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.185 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.348 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.978 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.095 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.834 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.541 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.681 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2282 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.575 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.628 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.767 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.732 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.682 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.559 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.020 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.182 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.747 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.734 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 1.777 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.242 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.166 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.231 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.09 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.092 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.255 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 42 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
- 1.780 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.862 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.723 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.572 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.479 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
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