Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 2:00 AM AKDT (10:00 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 111 km WNW of Yakutat, 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
2019-06-11 10:00:08 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.342° N, 143.095° 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.694 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.5109 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.8131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.8118 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.1149 km W of Yakutat, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.6116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.7120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.693 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.990 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.871 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.4111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.5110 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.9113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.5110 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.5122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.8114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.8116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.897 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.097 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 1.6134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.0139 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.6116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.5103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.6126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away

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