M2.5 earthquake 85 km NW of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 85 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 3:54 PM AKDT (23:54 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 59 km N of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-21 23:54:19 UTC
- Depth
- 0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.166° N, 155.351° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.788 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.176 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 136 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.598 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1260 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.885 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.860 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.677 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.984 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.865 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.833 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.087 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.559 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.069 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1257 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.659 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.880 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.587 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.388 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1256 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.741 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.867 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.660 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.586 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1253 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.793 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.926 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.975 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 121 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.483 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.794 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.874 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 126 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.970 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1250 days ago · 137 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.188 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.688 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1248 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.570 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.684 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.989 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1248 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.585 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1247 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.962 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.689 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.119 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.677 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.583 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 142 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.719 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.185 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1246 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.349 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.575 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.782 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 125 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.381 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.585 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.178 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.842 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.885 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 136 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1268 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.861 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 87 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.884 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 135 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.865 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1268 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.944 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.768 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 104 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.585 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.963 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
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