Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 74 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 74 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 3:22 PM AKDT (23:22 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 40 km SW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-07 23:22:03 UTC
Depth
15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.493° N, 155.683° 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
15

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 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.658 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.660 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.8102 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.7100 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.630 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.630 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.960 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 155 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.940 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.763 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.536 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.393 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.520 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.067 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.657 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.297 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.558 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1860 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.962 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.270 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 146 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.673 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.381 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 2.556 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 155 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.089 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1859 days ago · 87 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 1.677 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.773 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 80 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.763 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.688 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.2111 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.776 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 1.792 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 1.951 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.396 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 1.986 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 1.588 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.484 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.6111 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 2.421 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.893 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.137 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.57 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.873 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 1.957 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.975 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.880 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 1.643 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 3.562 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.75 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.798 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 1.574 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.757 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 157 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.080 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.585 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.776 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 112.

Before

  1. 1.652 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.266 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.865 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.866 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.961 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.463 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.010 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.884 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.653 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.063 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.562 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.863 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.871 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.560 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.963 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 3.063 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.162 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.863 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.260 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.359 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021a2kip9m. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.