Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 86 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 86 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:20 AM AKDT (17:20 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 90 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-05 17:20:34 UTC
Depth
97.6 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.730° N, 155.870° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.490 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.113 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.986 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 102 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.682 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.695 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.691 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.770 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.177 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.389 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.797 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.796 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.755 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.958 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.061 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 139 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.739 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.782 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.062 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 133 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.465 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 81 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.932 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 3.184 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 115 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.769 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.055 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.526 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.322 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 171 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.235 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 167 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.646 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.572 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.074 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 102 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.886 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.155 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 154 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.888 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.511 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.586 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.172 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.588 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 95 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.620 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.679 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.565 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 137 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 1.886 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.191 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 129 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.124 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.980 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 126 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 1.947 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.520 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.939 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.972 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.070 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.141 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.819 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.560 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 1.963 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.742 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.073 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.828 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.655 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 155 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.643 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.721 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 2.190 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 119 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 2.283 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 125 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 2.098 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.793 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.558 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.530 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 176 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.482 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.659 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.356 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.267 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.561 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.297 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.755 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.075 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.179 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.247 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.790 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.960 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 150 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.155 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 143 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.646 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cs1n7wm. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.