Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 7:55 AM AKST (16:55 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 128 km NW of Yakutat, 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
2020-01-15 16:55:55 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.505° N, 143.071° 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8120 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.5129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.8127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.0128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · tsunami flag
  6. 1.5127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.0127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.5140 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.6132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.688 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.0116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.5124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.7122 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.0113 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.7111 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.5122 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.2116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.7132 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.5124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.6165 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 1.7110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 2.496 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.6100 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.2100 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.9111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.1126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away

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