M1.7 earthquake 107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Sep 20, 2022, 11:37 PM AKDT (07:37 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 123 km S 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
- 2022-09-21 07:37:05 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.473° N, 143.180° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.797 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.585 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6152 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.7131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1458 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.687 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6134 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0117 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.384 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.854 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6104 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7105 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.9137 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2125 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1434 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6125 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.2121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.953 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2122 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.4127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.652 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1409 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.1131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5135 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.394 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
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