Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 6:25 PM AKST (03:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-04 03:25:45 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.317° N, 143.020° 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6165 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.7110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.6111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.2110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.1106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.0106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.1105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.2105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.6109 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.8120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.4104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.6119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.6121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.587 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.5114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.795 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.0123 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 1.7132 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.2116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.5122 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.1122 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.7111 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.0113 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.5113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.8113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.7122 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.5124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.7112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.0116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 1.688 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

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