Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Jul 9, 2022, 2:21 PM AKDT (22:21 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 127 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-07-09 22:21:07 UTC
Depth
12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.360° N, 143.052° 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
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.593 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.094 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1537 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.6114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.9138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.7120 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.175 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.9114 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.7127 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.6126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.0123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.874 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.6128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.6129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.394 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.5135 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.6131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.2110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.968 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.6116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away

Before

  1. 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1547 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 1.6100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1549 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.4133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1551 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.8104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1553 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.6126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1555 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.667 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1558 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.7119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1565 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.2125 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1571 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0228qlbzsb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.