Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 75 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Mar 12, 2024, 8:17 AM AKDT (16:17 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 80 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Naknek forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-12 16:17:29 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.954° N, 155.498° 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
1.1ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.332903718256128 · 17 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
32

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 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.124 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 933 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.585 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 932 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.641 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 932 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.735 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 931 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.186 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 931 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.757 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 931 days ago · 155 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.969 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 931 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.869 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 930 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.585 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 930 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.480 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 929 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.842 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.284 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.730 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.953 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 929 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.828 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.531 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.058 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 928 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.136 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 928 days ago · 179 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.611 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.692 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.123 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 927 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.783 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 117 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.012 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 926 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.682 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 926 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.329 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 926 days ago · 187 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.888 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 926 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 925 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.557 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 925 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.582 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 923 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.133 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 922 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.572 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 922 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.564 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 921 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.658 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 921 days ago · 135 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 1.585 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 920 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.565 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.657 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.984 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 920 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.790 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 919 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 1.873 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.513 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 918 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.582 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 918 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.674 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 917 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 3.054 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 917 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.475 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 917 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.284 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 916 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.782 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 916 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.983 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 916 days ago · 144 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.183 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 915 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.692 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 914 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.824 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 913 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.977 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 913 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.570 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 912 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.619 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 911 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.075 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 911 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.685 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 911 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.784 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 910 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 1.867 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 910 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 1.515 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 910 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.239 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 908 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 1.783 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 933 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.689 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 934 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.890 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 934 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.990 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 934 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.651 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 934 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.773 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 934 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.147 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 935 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 936 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.055 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 937 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.045 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 937 days ago · 155 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.814 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 937 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 937 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.561 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 938 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.771 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 938 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.696 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.940 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.656 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.884 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.686 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 939 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.772 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 940 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0243bcbmoq (also filed as av92229281). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:47 AM UTC.