M2.3 earthquake 26 km SW of Karluk, Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:44 AM AKDT

UTC

2026-05-17 12:44:21 UTC

Depth

51.7 km (32.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

57.435° N, 154.824° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.7 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.40

Station coverage gap

95°

Stations used

13

• Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast131 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast505 kmSW

After

1. 2.620 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, May 17, 7:05 AM AKDT · 141 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
2. 2.340 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, May 17, 11:45 PM AKDT · 140 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
3. 1.98 km N of Karluk, AlaskaMon, May 18, 9:33 PM AKDT · 139 days ago · 64 km deep · 31 km away
4. 1.734 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, May 19, 6:58 AM AKDT · 139 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
5. 3.08 km W of Larsen Bay, AlaskaTue, May 19, 8:02 AM AKDT · 139 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
6. 1.684 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaTue, May 19, 5:53 PM AKDT · 138 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
7. 1.964 km W of Karluk, AlaskaTue, May 19, 10:18 PM AKDT · 138 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
8. 1.536 km N of Larsen Bay, AlaskaTue, May 19, 10:47 PM AKDT · 138 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
9. 1.881 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaWed, May 20, 8:22 AM AKDT · 138 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
10. 2.993 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, May 20, 8:53 AM AKDT · 138 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
11. 1.583 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, May 20, 5:02 PM AKDT · 137 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.965 km W of Karluk, AlaskaWed, May 20, 8:34 PM AKDT · 137 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
13. 1.786 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, May 22, 8:54 AM AKDT · 136 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
14. 1.581 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 24, 1:40 AM AKDT · 134 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
15. 1.919 km S of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, May 24, 4:27 AM AKDT · 134 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
16. 1.571 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaSun, May 24, 12:29 PM AKDT · 134 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
17. 1.912 km E of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, May 24, 1:06 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
18. 1.785 km W of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 24, 1:38 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.082 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 24, 6:37 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
20. 2.130 km ENE of Larsen Bay, AlaskaMon, May 25, 3:45 AM AKDT · 133 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
21. 1.669 km ENE of Ugashik, AlaskaMon, May 25, 5:36 AM AKDT · 133 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
22. 2.368 km W of Karluk, AlaskaMon, May 25, 11:44 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
23. 2.999 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaTue, May 26, 3:48 PM AKDT · 131 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
24. 1.935 km N of Larsen Bay, AlaskaTue, May 26, 10:09 PM AKDT · 131 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
25. 1.720 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, May 27, 8:40 AM AKDT · 131 days ago · 54 km deep · 6 km away
26. 2.059 km N of Karluk, AlaskaWed, May 27, 3:16 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
27. 2.111 km E of Akhiok, AlaskaThu, May 28, 6:29 AM AKDT · 130 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
28. 2.278 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, May 29, 1:57 AM AKDT · 129 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
29. 1.853 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, May 30, 12:32 AM AKDT · 128 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
30. 2.463 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, May 30, 3:50 AM AKDT · 128 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
31. 1.767 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, May 30, 11:46 AM AKDT · 128 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
32. 1.518 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, May 30, 8:57 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 49 km deep · 8 km away
33. 2.081 km WSW of Akhiok, AlaskaSun, May 31, 7:12 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
34. 1.890 km ESE of Ugashik, AlaskaSun, May 31, 8:34 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
35. 1.767 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 31, 9:15 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
36. 2.048 km W of Aleneva, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 5:23 AM AKDT · 126 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
37. 2.731 km SW of Port Lions, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 6:40 AM AKDT · 126 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
38. 2.540 km N of Larsen Bay, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 9:24 PM AKDT · 125 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
39. 2.369 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jun 2, 3:49 AM AKDT · 125 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
40. 2.613 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jun 2, 5:17 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
41. 2.386 km W of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jun 2, 9:38 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
42. 2.825 km WNW of Old Harbor, AlaskaWed, Jun 3, 4:04 PM AKDT · 123 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
43. 1.663 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 2:55 PM AKDT · 122 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
44. 2.289 km W of Karluk, AlaskaFri, Jun 5, 12:12 AM AKDT · 122 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
45. 2.440 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, Jun 6, 8:30 AM AKDT · 121 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
46. 1.843 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaSat, Jun 6, 12:52 PM AKDT · 120 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
47. 1.755 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 7:29 AM AKDT · 120 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
48. 2.323 km ESE of Larsen Bay, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 2:23 AM AKDT · 119 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
49. 2.038 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 9:57 AM AKDT · 119 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
50. 2.736 km WSW of Womens Bay, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 3:10 PM AKDT · 118 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
51. 1.57 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 11:01 PM AKDT · 118 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
52. 2.014 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 7:09 AM AKDT · 118 days ago · 51 km deep · 13 km away
53. 1.992 km SE of Ugashik, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 9:28 AM AKDT · 118 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
54. 1.560 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 10:35 AM AKDT · 118 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
55. 1.519 km S of Larsen Bay, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 8:58 PM AKDT · 117 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
56. 1.630 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 1:14 PM AKDT · 116 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
57. 1.663 km W of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 2:37 PM AKDT · 116 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
58. 1.69 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 6:06 PM AKDT · 116 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
59. 1.845 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 7:50 PM AKDT · 116 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
60. 2.068 km SW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, Jun 12, 4:03 AM AKDT · 115 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

1. 2.637 km WSW of Womens Bay, AlaskaSun, May 17, 2:22 AM AKDT · 141 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
2. 2.493 km ESE of Ugashik, AlaskaSun, May 17, 2:10 AM AKDT · 141 days ago · 149 km deep · 75 km away
3. 2.074 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, May 16, 6:35 PM AKDT · 141 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
4. 2.278 km NNW of Karluk, AlaskaSat, May 16, 6:14 PM AKDT · 141 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
5. 2.187 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaFri, May 15, 2:39 PM AKDT · 142 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
6. 2.490 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaFri, May 15, 10:41 AM AKDT · 143 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
7. 2.286 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaThu, May 14, 10:37 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
8. 2.686 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaThu, May 14, 7:14 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
9. 1.957 km N of Karluk, AlaskaThu, May 14, 5:53 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 90 km deep · 75 km away
10. 3.184 km E of Ugashik, AlaskaThu, May 14, 2:09 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.774 km NNE of Karluk, AlaskaThu, May 14, 11:02 AM AKDT · 144 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.189 km WNW of Karluk, AlaskaThu, May 14, 6:36 AM AKDT · 144 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
13. 2.247 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaWed, May 13, 11:16 PM AKDT · 144 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
14. 2.014 km W of Larsen Bay, AlaskaWed, May 13, 11:52 AM AKDT · 145 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
15. 2.029 km NNE of Karluk, AlaskaTue, May 12, 10:44 AM AKDT · 146 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
16. 2.5100 km W of Akhiok, AlaskaTue, May 12, 4:34 AM AKDT · 146 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
17. 1.757 km WNW of Akhiok, AlaskaMon, May 11, 1:43 AM AKDT · 147 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
18. 1.853 km NW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 10, 4:39 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
19. 1.664 km WSW of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 10, 1:53 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
20. 2.161 km W of Karluk, AlaskaSun, May 10, 1:34 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026jsembl. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.