Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 107 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 11:34 PM AKST (08:34 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 101 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
2019-12-29 08:34:07 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.243° N, 140.954° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.5131 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.6102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.7135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.5121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.6121 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.9101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.561 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.8120 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.5129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.7146 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.6124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.6132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.7106 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.7103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.6144 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2425 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.8134 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.0113 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.5122 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.9120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.5105 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 1.7149 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2412 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.968 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 1.5146 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2473 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.7119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.9115 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2479 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.284 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.8140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.5138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.9113 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.8121 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.599 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away

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