M2.7 earthquake 35 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 35 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Jan 16, 2024, 6:13 AM AKST (15:13 UTC), 54 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.043 · 70 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 173.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024qplxym (also filed as us6000m40a). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.