M1.8 earthquake 86 km N of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 86 km N of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 2:18 PM AKDT (22:18 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 36 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-14 22:18:15 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.335° N, 154.653° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.988 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.687 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.175 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.732 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.523 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.668 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 97 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.777 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.577 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.563 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6101 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.595 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.587 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.695 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.577 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 88 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.179 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.072 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2220 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.672 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.139 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 2.010 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 83 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 126 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.097 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 107 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.727 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.558 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.547 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 161 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 159 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.888 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.090 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.974 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.371 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.565 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.063 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 172 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.581 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away · tsunami flag
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 2.086 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.388 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.096 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 115 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 120 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.085 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.858 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.462 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 148 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 150 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.695 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.790 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.653 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 173 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.072 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.749 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2259 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.373 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 136 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 134 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.734 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020afs79tt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.