M1.9 earthquake 63 km W of Akhiok, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 63 km W of Akhiok, Alaska on Sun, May 7, 2023, 7:46 PM AKDT (03:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 105 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-08 03:46:41 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 56.972° N, 155.222° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.575 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9107 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.235 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1243 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.891 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.879 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.286 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.356 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0131 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.818 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.296 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.784 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1234 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.861 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1234 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.480 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.892 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.840 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.336 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6106 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.538 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.143 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2131 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.158 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.041 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.581 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.275 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.8100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.888 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.619 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.950 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.188 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.840 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5105 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1214 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.2103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.5102 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1104 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.758 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.887 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 144.
Before
- 1.719 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.677 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.582 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.119 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1246 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.860 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.075 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.570 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.161 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1249 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.793 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1249 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.451 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 1249 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.095 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1250 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.180 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.926 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
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