Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 101 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 101 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 11:48 AM AKST (20:48 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.8 115 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-17 20:48:05 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.200° N, 141.081° 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.881 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 2782 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.6119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.5104 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.5110 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.6130 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.597 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.5143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2763 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.597 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.467 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.097 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.669 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.671 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.0137 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.580 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.9115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.2116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 3.6117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.7116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.9107 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.5120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.8115 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.9117 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away

Before

  1. 1.6123 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.557 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 250 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.5106 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.1113 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.5128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.5118 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.5137 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2809 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.6132 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2809 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.7136 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.0111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away

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