Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 69 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska on Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:04 PM AKDT (01:04 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.4 62 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-10-01 01:04:13 UTC
Depth
76.1 km (47.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
57.287° N, 155.491° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 since this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.540 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 28 hr ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.462 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 24 hr ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.849 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 15 hr ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 1.554 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 32 hr ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.710 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 40 hr ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.039 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.582 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.886 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.512 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.676 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 3 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.780 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 4 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.636 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 4 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.150 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 4 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.9124 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 5 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.676 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 5 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.563 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 5 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.928 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 6 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.555 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 7 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.955 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 7 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.915 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 8 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.897 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 8 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.944 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 8 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.372 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 9 days ago · 66 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026tkicbp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:07 AM UTC.