Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 86 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 86 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Mar 6, 2024, 5:52 AM AKST (14:52 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 54 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-06 14:52:09 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.254° N, 155.138° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.21ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.329423530413559 · 14 stations

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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.656 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.940 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.696 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.771 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 938 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.561 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 938 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 937 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.814 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 937 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.667 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 937 days ago · 112 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.045 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 937 days ago · 155 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.055 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 937 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.865 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 936 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 936 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.856 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 935 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.147 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 935 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.773 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 935 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.990 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 934 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.890 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 934 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.689 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 934 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 933 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.675 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 933 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.124 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 933 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.954 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 933 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.585 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 932 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.641 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 932 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.069 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 931 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 2.186 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 931 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.666 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 931 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.757 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 931 days ago · 155 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.246 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 929 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.730 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.793 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 929 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.959 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 928 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.828 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.531 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.058 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 928 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.136 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 928 days ago · 179 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.776 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 928 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.611 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.692 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 2.123 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 927 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.783 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.012 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 926 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.329 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 926 days ago · 187 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.557 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 926 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 925 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 1.557 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 925 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.690 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 923 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 1.582 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 923 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.133 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 922 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.564 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 921 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.658 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 921 days ago · 135 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 1.565 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.657 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.984 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 920 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.790 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 919 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.542 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.873 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.513 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 918 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.674 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 917 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 1.772 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 940 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.158 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 940 days ago · 150 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.638 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 940 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.968 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 940 days ago · 146 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.083 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 940 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 941 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.157 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 941 days ago · 83 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.750 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 942 days ago · 85 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.958 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 942 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.974 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 942 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.674 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 942 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.235 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 942 days ago · 178 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.769 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 943 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.674 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 943 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.27 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 943 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.989 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 943 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.236 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 944 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.090 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 944 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.656 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 944 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.259 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 944 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02431e44zm (also filed as av92224336). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC.