M1.9 earthquake 66 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 66 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Jan 29, 1988, 7:16 AM AKST (16:16 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 80 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-01-29 16:16:54 UTC
- Depth
- -3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.376° N, 141.674° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.280 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · -3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.795 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · -3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.270 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14113 days ago · -3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.675 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14112 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.069 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14108 days ago · -3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.069 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14108 days ago · -3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.777 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14108 days ago · -3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.876 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14104 days ago · -3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.679 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14103 days ago · -3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.577 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14097 days ago · -3 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.285 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14094 days ago · -3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.385 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14094 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.082 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14094 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.173 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14093 days ago · -3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14072 days ago · -3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14071 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.582 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14062 days ago · -2 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 2.071 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14117 days ago · -3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.281 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14128 days ago · -3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6130 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14135 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.977 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14136 days ago · -3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.892 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14137 days ago · -3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.567 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14138 days ago · -3 km deep · 8 km away
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Sources
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