M1.8 earthquake 129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Mar 9, 1988, 6:49 PM AKST (03:49 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 120 km S 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
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-10 03:49:17 UTC
- Depth
- -3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.273° N, 143.158° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14071 days ago · -3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14071 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5103 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 14056 days ago · -2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.6100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14054 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0176 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 14045 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.676 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14025 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2138 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14022 days ago · -3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14018 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.651 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 14017 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 2.356 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 14082 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8123 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 14085 days ago · -3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14085 days ago · -3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14089 days ago · -3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 14096 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9123 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 14099 days ago · -3 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak98837tp4tk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC.