M1.7 earthquake 97 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 97 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 9:00 PM AKST (06:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 96 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-16 06:00:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.566° N, 142.674° 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
- 53
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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.2114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.996 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.696 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0122 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7141 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6122 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8121 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2100 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6100 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.496 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0129 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5103 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.3111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5103 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7107 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1106 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
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