Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Aug 9, 2024, 7:41 AM AKDT (15:41 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 46 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-09 15:41:20 UTC
Depth
52.3 km (32.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.398° N, 153.513° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.640 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 782 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.733 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 782 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.846 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 779 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.829 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.217 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 775 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.030 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.541 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 771 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.032 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.431 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 770 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.521 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 770 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.212 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 769 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.729 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.937 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.817 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.728 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.610 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 766 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.812 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 765 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.521 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 765 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.810 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 764 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 763 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.960 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 763 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.627 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.016 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 760 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.756 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 760 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.536 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 759 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.118 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.726 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 759 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.729 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 755 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.027 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 753 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.67 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 753 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 2.440 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 753 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.29 km SE of Kodiak Station, Alaska · 752 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.637 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 752 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.924 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 748 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.924 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 748 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.842 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 746 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.225 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 745 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.537 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 744 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.835 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 741 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.060 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 740 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.757 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 739 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 2.242 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 738 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.128 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 738 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 2.115 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 738 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.920 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 737 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 1.843 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 735 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.738 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 734 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 1.516 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 734 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.951 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 734 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.338 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 731 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.922 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 729 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.657 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 728 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.057 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 728 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 3.546 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 727 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.650 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 725 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.437 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 724 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 2.026 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 784 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.743 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 784 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.223 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 786 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.646 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 788 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.733 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.647 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 789 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.635 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 791 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.550 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 791 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.153 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 794 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.735 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 794 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.021 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 795 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.356 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 795 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.020 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 795 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.913 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.625 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.536 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 800 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 800 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.75 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 804 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.523 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 806 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.848 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 807 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024a7ehdm2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.