Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:46 PM AKDT (21:46 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-04-10 21:46:57 UTC
Depth
1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.482° N, 140.748° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9107 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.5120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.9117 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.6136 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.5132 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.0103 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.0117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.5136 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.7100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 3.4140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.7121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.5130 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 3.6117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.2116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.9115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.580 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.0137 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.671 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.669 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.097 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.467 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.597 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.5143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2762 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2

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