M1.6 earthquake 121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 9:40 PM AKDT (05:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 88 km ENE 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-21 05:40:55 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.564° N, 140.653° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5136 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.6122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.8139 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1510 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.554 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.686 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.069 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.588 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
Before
- 1.7145 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.097 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1541 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1542 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.0100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1543 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5104 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1548 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1557 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8128 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1560 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0229a5ryog. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC.