Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 95 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 95 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:20 PM AKDT (03:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 162 km ESE of Cordova, 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
2019-04-17 03:20:29 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.580° N, 142.711° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.5114 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.7111 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.5136 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.5105 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.8162 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.8121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.5116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.7135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.5114 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.5100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.6126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.5103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.6116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.0139 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.097 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.897 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.8116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.5107 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.5121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 1.694 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 3.8115 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.4127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2733 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.7123 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.7114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.8118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.5113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.6120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.8116 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.0112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away

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