M2.4 earthquake 104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 3:18 AM AKDT (11:18 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 130 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-12 11:18:39 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.497° N, 142.981° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preferred · Preliminary |
| 2.5 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.032 · 128 stations |
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
- 82
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.587 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.795 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0123 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.692 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.9130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.768 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.873 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.2132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.8122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0117 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.680 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.1105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.0106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.2110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
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