Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 63 km W of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 63 km W of Karluk, Alaska on Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:01 PM AKDT (02:01 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.8 62 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-27 02:01:42 UTC
Depth
86.4 km (53.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.650° N, 155.509° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 since this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.676 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.862 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2 days ago · 152 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.086 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 45 hr ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.150 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 43 hr ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.636 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 36 hr ago · 85 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.780 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 36 hr ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.676 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 34 hr ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.512 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 25 hr ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.886 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 16 hr ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.582 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 9 hr ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.039 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 4 hr ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.958 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 3 hr ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.747 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 4 days ago · 169 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.928 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 4 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.555 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 5 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.916 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 6 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.697 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 6 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.27 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 6 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.372 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 7 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.175 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 7 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.577 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 8 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.638 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 8 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.728 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 8 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.737 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 8 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.152 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 8 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.494 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.760 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 9 days ago · 163 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.770 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 9 days ago · 140 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.673 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.759 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.677 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.152 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026tczykx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC.