Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 6:33 PM AKST (03:33 UTC), 14 km (9 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-12 03:33:18 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.411° N, 143.168° 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
41

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0129 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.797 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.996 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.7126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.696 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.7141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.6122 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.8121 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.6136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.6102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.6130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.0105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.1126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.9111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.2100 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.6100 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.496 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 1.6106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.5103 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.3102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.3111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019eint2um. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.