M1.5 earthquake 85 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 85 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 5:11 AM AKST (14:11 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 121 km E 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-04 14:11:05 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.543° N, 141.341° 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
- 32
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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6141 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.997 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8132 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8139 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1692 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8148 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1690 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.3121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1690 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1687 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1686 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5133 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1681 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1670 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.1151 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1669 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5131 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5132 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1654 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1653 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8139 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1653 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6140 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1653 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.551 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1647 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5151 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1643 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 1.595 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7136 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.983 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1145 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.6104 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1715 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9107 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5153 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1716 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.945 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.593 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.168 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7140 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1724 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.981 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.793 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0221m47l36. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC.