Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 99 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 99 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 6:32 AM AKDT (14:32 UTC), 11 km (7 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-25 14:32:47 UTC
Depth
10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.546° N, 142.701° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.7119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.3127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.6131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.9124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.8112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.4130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.6101 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.0139 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.5115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.9135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.8119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.5122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.2118 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.1121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.8124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.1106 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.7107 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.5134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.593 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.8128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.6132 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.6127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.5125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.697 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.8114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.5122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.5110 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.7105 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.9113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away

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