M1.8 earthquake 124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, May 3, 2022, 8:54 AM AKDT (16:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 118 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-03 16:54:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.337° N, 143.353° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5140 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1606 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8120 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1593 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7103 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1588 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.792 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1584 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.8118 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1583 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1577 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.667 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1559 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1552 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0225noy82x. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.