Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 86 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 86 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 9:54 AM AKDT (17:54 UTC), 1 km (1 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-20 17:54:30 UTC
Depth
1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.183° N, 155.357° 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
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.21ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.336959205588851 · 16 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.557 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 925 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.690 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 923 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.582 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 923 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.133 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 922 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.564 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 921 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.658 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 920 days ago · 135 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.565 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.657 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.984 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 920 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.790 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 919 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.873 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 919 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.513 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 918 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.674 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 917 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 3.054 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 917 days ago · 143 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.475 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 916 days ago · 122 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.284 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 916 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.983 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 916 days ago · 144 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.183 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 915 days ago · 75 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.692 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 914 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.824 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 913 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.977 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 913 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.570 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 912 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.619 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 911 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.075 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 911 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.784 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 910 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 1.515 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 910 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.239 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 908 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 2.271 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.865 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 908 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.682 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 907 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.360 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 907 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.589 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 906 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.543 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 906 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.732 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 906 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.485 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 906 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.182 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 905 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.987 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 905 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.985 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 905 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 1.655 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 904 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.685 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 904 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.094 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 904 days ago · 101 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.684 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 902 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.163 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 902 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.173 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 901 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 1.963 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 901 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.886 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 901 days ago · 135 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 1.524 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 901 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.069 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 900 days ago · 132 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.883 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 900 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.753 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 900 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.053 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 900 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.017 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 899 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.673 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 899 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.559 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 899 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.964 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 899 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.682 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 899 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.177 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 898 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.369 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 897 days ago · 121 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.556 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 897 days ago · 150 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 1.557 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 926 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.329 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 926 days ago · 187 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.012 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 926 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.783 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 927 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.123 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 927 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.692 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 927 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.611 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.776 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 928 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.136 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 928 days ago · 179 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.058 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 928 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.531 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.828 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 928 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.953 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 929 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.793 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 929 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.730 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.246 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 929 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.284 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.842 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 929 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.757 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 931 days ago · 155 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.666 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 931 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0243olfrsd (also filed as av92236931). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC.