M2.0 earthquake 52 km W of Karluk, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 52 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 6:55 PM AKST (03:55 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 45 km SE of Egegik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-21 03:55:17 UTC
- Depth
- 56.7 km (35.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.565° N, 155.328° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 137 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.679 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 256 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 256 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.670 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 256 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.559 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 255 days ago · 152 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 255 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.552 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 255 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.586 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 255 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.126 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.684 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.184 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 255 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 254 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.618 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 254 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 254 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.822 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 254 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 253 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.919 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 252 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 251 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 251 days ago · 79 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.483 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 251 days ago · 134 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.684 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 251 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.248 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 250 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.057 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 250 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 250 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.083 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 249 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.873 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 249 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.071 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 249 days ago · 86 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.757 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 249 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.887 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 248 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.683 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 248 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 248 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.577 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 247 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.677 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 247 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.927 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 247 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.156 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 247 days ago · 59 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.055 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 246 days ago · 145 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.518 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 246 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.122 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 246 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.763 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 246 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.335 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 246 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 246 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.176 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 245 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.735 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 245 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.166 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 244 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.053 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 244 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.121 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 244 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.859 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 244 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.757 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 243 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 242 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.058 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 241 days ago · 153 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.065 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 240 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.561 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 240 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.343 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 239 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.665 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 239 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.073 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 239 days ago · 130 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.256 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 239 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.485 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 239 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.658 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 238 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.932 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.330 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 238 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.079 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 238 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 192.
Before
- 1.658 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 256 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.733 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 256 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.677 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 256 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 256 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.658 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 257 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.557 km E of Egegik, Alaska · 257 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.577 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 257 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.148 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 257 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.290 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 258 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 258 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.557 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 258 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.873 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 258 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.687 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 258 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 258 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.740 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 259 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.678 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 259 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.334 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 259 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.977 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 259 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.685 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 259 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 259 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
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