Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 11:10 AM AKDT (19:10 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 96 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-06 19:10:05 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.330° N, 143.138° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.8124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.3111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.3102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.5103 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.6106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.0129 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.797 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.2114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.996 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.7126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.696 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.7141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.6122 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.2118 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.5122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.8119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.9135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.5115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.0139 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.4130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.8112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.9124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.6131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.3127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019ctqb7gb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.