Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Mar 14, 1988, 10:23 AM AKST (19:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1988-03-14 19:23:14 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.640° N, 141.637° 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
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14071 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.592 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14070 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.690 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14067 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.593 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14060 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.5100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14055 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.6100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14054 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.582 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14048 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.6109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14041 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.695 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14040 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.570 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14031 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.676 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14025 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.8129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14017 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.884 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14017 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 1.9120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14071 days ago · -3 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.6103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14072 days ago · -3 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.795 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14072 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.466 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14074 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.8129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14075 days ago · -3 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.695 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14076 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.6111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14077 days ago · -3 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.3106 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14085 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.9122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14085 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14089 days ago · -3 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.173 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14093 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.591 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14095 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.3112 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14095 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.9Southern Alaska · 14095 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.577 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 14097 days ago · -3 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.5105 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14099 days ago · -3 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.8111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 14100 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away

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