M2.0 earthquake Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, May 18, 2023, 12:55 AM AKDT (08:55 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 105 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-18 08:55:30 UTC
- Depth
- 65.0 km (40.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.208° N, 155.407° 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
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.480 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.892 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.876 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.840 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1231 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.954 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.845 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.336 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1229 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6106 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1227 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.538 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.143 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.851 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2131 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.158 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.041 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.674 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1221 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.581 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.275 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 82 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.952 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.637 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8100 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1220 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 62 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.888 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.686 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.092 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.619 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.950 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1218 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1217 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.279 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1216 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.188 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.840 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1215 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5105 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1214 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.5102 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1104 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1213 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.758 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 77 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.887 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.488 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1210 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.648 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1209 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.095 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1206 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1206 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1205 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1204 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of 175.
Before
- 2.861 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1234 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1234 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.784 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.979 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.296 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.656 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.850 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.818 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.677 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.774 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0131 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.356 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2103 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.286 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.879 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.891 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.235 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1243 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
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