Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 96 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 96 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Aug 2, 2019, 5:54 PM AKDT (01:54 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 127 km S 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
2019-08-03 01:54:29 UTC
Depth
13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.572° N, 142.707° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
44

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5110 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.5122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.8114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.697 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.5125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.6127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.6132 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.8128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.593 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.699 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.5110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.7119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.3127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.6131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.9124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.8112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.4130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.0139 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.5115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 1.7105 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.9113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.5110 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.871 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.6114 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.990 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.693 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.2124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away

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