M1.7 earthquake 53 km SW of Karluk, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 5:39 AM AKST

UTC

2026-01-21 14:39:48 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

57.179° N, 154.963° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.6 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Station coverage gap

292°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

11

• Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast148 kmWSW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast533 kmSW

After

1. 2.126 km SSW of Larsen Bay, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 7:38 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
2. 1.684 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 10:48 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
3. 2.184 km SE of Ugashik, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 12:46 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
4. 2.5115 km SE of Ugashik, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 8:50 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
5. 1.813 km WSW of Larsen Bay, AlaskaThu, Jan 22, 3:40 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.724 km ENE of Larsen Bay, AlaskaThu, Jan 22, 7:13 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
7. 1.618 km N of Larsen Bay, AlaskaThu, Jan 22, 9:32 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
8. 1.863 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jan 22, 11:30 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
9. 2.018 km SSE of Akhiok, AlaskaThu, Jan 22, 12:08 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
10. 1.822 km NNE of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jan 22, 1:12 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.683 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 8:35 AM AKST · 253 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
12. 1.919 km NE of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jan 24, 9:13 AM AKST · 252 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
13. 1.914 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jan 24, 11:55 PM AKST · 251 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
14. 1.830 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 2:47 AM AKST · 251 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
15. 2.248 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 7:26 AM AKST · 250 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
16. 1.975 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 3:35 PM AKST · 250 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
17. 2.873 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 8:13 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
18. 2.071 km W of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 9:08 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
19. 1.757 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 11:51 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
20. 2.7118 km WSW of Akhiok, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 5:03 PM AKST · 248 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
21. 1.887 km ENE of Ugashik, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 1:00 AM AKST · 248 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
22. 2.623 km WNW of Old Harbor, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 1:57 PM AKST · 248 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
23. 2.29 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 2:16 PM AKST · 248 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
24. 2.677 km ESE of Ugashik, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 12:57 PM AKST · 247 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
25. 1.927 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 7:40 PM AKST · 246 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
26. 2.156 km W of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 9:28 PM AKST · 246 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
27. 2.518 km WSW of Akhiok, AlaskaFri, Jan 30, 2:52 AM AKST · 246 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
28. 2.122 km SE of Larsen Bay, AlaskaFri, Jan 30, 3:09 AM AKST · 246 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
29. 2.558 km S of Akhiok, AlaskaFri, Jan 30, 8:28 AM AKST · 246 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
30. 2.335 km W of Karluk, AlaskaFri, Jan 30, 1:34 PM AKST · 246 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
31. 2.176 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jan 31, 1:46 AM AKST · 245 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
32. 1.735 km N of Larsen Bay, AlaskaSat, Jan 31, 7:15 AM AKST · 245 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
33. 2.166 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Feb 1, 3:01 AM AKST · 244 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
34. 2.121 km W of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Feb 1, 9:31 AM AKST · 244 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
35. 2.119 km WNW of Old Harbor, AlaskaSun, Feb 1, 3:57 PM AKST · 244 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
36. 3.0124 km WSW of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, Feb 1, 9:40 PM AKST · 243 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
37. 2.444 km S of Akhiok, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 10:37 AM AKST · 243 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
38. 1.648 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 9:03 PM AKST · 241 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
39. 2.256 km WSW of Akhiok, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 6:58 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
40. 2.485 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 9:43 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
41. 1.932 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 11:45 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
42. 2.330 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 12:30 AM AKST · 238 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
43. 2.079 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 1:21 AM AKST · 238 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
44. 1.736 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 8:20 AM AKST · 238 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
45. 2.381 km ESE of Ugashik, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 1:29 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
46. 2.269 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 3:15 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
47. 2.246 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 5:46 PM AKST · 237 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
48. 2.274 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 9:04 PM AKST · 237 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
49. 1.735 km W of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Feb 8, 7:43 AM AKST · 237 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
50. 2.052 km W of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Feb 8, 12:28 PM AKST · 237 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
51. 3.164 km WSW of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, Feb 8, 5:28 PM AKST · 236 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
52. 1.538 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaMon, Feb 9, 7:38 AM AKST · 236 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
53. 2.121 km E of Akhiok, AlaskaMon, Feb 9, 12:19 PM AKST · 236 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
54. 2.380 km ENE of Ugashik, AlaskaMon, Feb 9, 6:26 PM AKST · 235 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
55. 1.779 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 12:29 AM AKST · 235 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
56. 1.778 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 2:57 AM AKST · 235 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
57. 2.058 km W of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 3:53 AM AKST · 235 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
58. 1.980 km ENE of Ugashik, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 4:06 AM AKST · 235 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
59. 1.913 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 5:25 AM AKST · 235 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
60. 1.936 km W of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Feb 11, 3:57 AM AKST · 234 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

1. 1.761 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 9:16 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
2. 1.679 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 7:55 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
3. 2.052 km W of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 6:55 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
4. 1.733 km N of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 1:02 PM AKST · 256 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
5. 1.845 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 7:36 AM AKST · 256 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
6. 3.577 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 4:41 AM AKST · 257 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
7. 2.290 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 12:36 PM AKST · 258 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
8. 2.687 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 1:52 AM AKST · 258 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
9. 2.020 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 10:35 PM AKST · 258 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
10. 1.740 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 7:36 PM AKST · 258 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
11. 2.334 km NW of Akhiok, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 4:40 PM AKST · 259 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
12. 1.977 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 11:04 AM AKST · 259 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
13. 2.381 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 2:53 AM AKST · 259 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
14. 2.222 km NNW of Larsen Bay, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 1:22 AM AKST · 259 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
15. 2.486 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaFri, Jan 16, 6:33 PM AKST · 259 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.116 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, Jan 16, 12:39 PM AKST · 260 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
17. 2.369 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jan 15, 11:54 PM AKST · 260 days ago · 80 km deep · 35 km away
18. 2.163 km W of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jan 15, 12:32 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
19. 1.545 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Jan 14, 8:53 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
20. 2.089 km ESE of Ugashik, AlaskaWed, Jan 14, 8:40 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026blvrrh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:18 PM UTC.