Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 15 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 3:53 AM AKDT (11:53 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.6 90 km N of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-19 11:53:34 UTC
Depth
75.7 km (47.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.543° N, 154.704° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 6.7 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 since this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.784 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.788 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.690 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.676 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.076 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.776 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 36 hr ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.077 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 35 hr ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.468 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 35 hr ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.477 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 30 hr ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.395 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 15 hr ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.152 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 3 hr ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 3.737 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2 hr ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.527 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.121 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.347 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.637 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 4 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.565 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 5 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.633 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 5 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.718 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 6 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.921 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 6 days ago · 53 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.758 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 6 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.958 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 7 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.675 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 8 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.961 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.7101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 9 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.592 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.79 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.052 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 9 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.589 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 10 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.834 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 11 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.787 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 11 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.770 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 11 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026sozndd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.