M2.8 earthquake 22 km NW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Karluk, Alaska on Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 11:49 PM AKDT (07:49 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 23 km NW of Old Harbor, 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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.045 · 66 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 148.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025dbqba2s (also filed as us6000rhr5). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.