Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 57 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 57 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 6:58 PM AKST (03:58 UTC), 250 km (155 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.6 117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-15 03:58:23 UTC
Depth
249.5 km (155.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.857° N, 142.312° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0101 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.881 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.453 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.622 km ENE of Nabesna, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.759 km SE of Nabesna, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.597 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.547 km NNE of Chitina, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.597 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.467 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.097 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.669 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.671 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.027 km N of Nabesna, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.580 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.9115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.2116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 3.6117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.7116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.9107 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.5120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.527 km NNW of Nabesna, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.519 km E of Nabesna, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019244uqvv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC.