Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 84 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 84 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 12:33 PM AKST (21:33 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 83 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-11 21:33:49 UTC
Depth
1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.186° N, 155.273° 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
1.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.57ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.358625645599102 · 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.278 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 995 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.785 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 995 days ago · 134 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.772 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 995 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.410 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 994 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.475 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 993 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.256 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 992 days ago · 152 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 992 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.668 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 992 days ago · 126 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.976 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 991 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.695 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 991 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.59 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 991 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.735 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 991 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.827 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 991 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.541 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 990 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.852 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 990 days ago · 149 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.765 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 990 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.785 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 990 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.879 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 990 days ago · 135 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.964 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 988 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.879 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 988 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 3.056 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 988 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.081 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 987 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.949 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 986 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.827 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 985 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.552 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 985 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.848 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 985 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.369 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 984 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.686 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 984 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 984 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 2.184 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 982 days ago · 131 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 3.683 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 982 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.587 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 982 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.696 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 982 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.132 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 982 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.265 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 982 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.684 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 982 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.862 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 982 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.574 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 981 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.985 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 980 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.045 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 980 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.960 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 978 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.168 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 978 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.186 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 978 days ago · 100 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 1.650 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 976 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 2.347 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 976 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.561 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 974 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.061 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 974 days ago · 141 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.693 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 973 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 1.961 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 973 days ago · 150 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 1.859 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 973 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.644 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 973 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.094 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 973 days ago · 117 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.783 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 972 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.862 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 972 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.582 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 972 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 1.930 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 972 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 971 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 971 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.082 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 971 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.838 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 971 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 1.688 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 996 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.972 km E of King Salmon, Alaska · 996 days ago · 152 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.717 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 997 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.730 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 998 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 998 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.635 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 998 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.978 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 998 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.687 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 998 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.534 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 999 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.766 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.269 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.074 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.550 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 155 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.987 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.283 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.956 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.737 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.575 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.179 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 134 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.086 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024ijm3mj (also filed as av92179006, av91127068). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC.