Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Sep 7, 2019, 12:47 AM AKDT (08:47 UTC), 4 km (3 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
2019-09-07 08:47:08 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.456° N, 142.942° 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
64

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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.7119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.3127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.6131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.9124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 1.8112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.4130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.0139 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.5115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.9135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.8119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.5122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.2118 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.1121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.8124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.3111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 2.3102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.5103 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 1.5110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.699 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.593 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.8128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.6132 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.6127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.5125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.697 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.8114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away

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