Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 134 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 134 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 6:04 PM AKDT (02:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-10-27 02:04:22 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.177° N, 140.463° 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
55

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 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6133 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.981 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.6122 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.0131 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.887 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.889 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.288 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.889 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.8105 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.095 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.6124 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.5118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.6143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2501 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.9123 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.599 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.8121 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.9113 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.5138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.8140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.284 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 1.9115 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2479 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.7119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 1.5146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2473 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 1.8144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2532 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.9122 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.779 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.195 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.797 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.5134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 3.097 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.5141 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2539 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.6141 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.5139 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.9138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.1124 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2547 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.8140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.568 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.669 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2549 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.5150 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 2559 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away

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