M1.7 earthquake 103 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 103 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, May 29, 2022, 4:24 AM AKDT (12:24 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 100 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-29 12:24:33 UTC
- Depth
- 1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.445° N, 140.986° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5147 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1579 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.999 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1578 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.560 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 1577 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2125 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1567 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6143 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1563 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.725 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1561 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1561 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1558 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5104 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.0100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1544 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.097 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7145 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1532 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5136 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 1.5128 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5136 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9103 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1603 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0226umd4li. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC.