M1.7 earthquake 138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 6:38 AM AKST (15:38 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 Southern Yukon Territory, Canada. 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
- 2022-11-16 15:38:43 UTC
- Depth
- 8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.331° N, 140.340° 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
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.652 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1141 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1408 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.8115 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1401 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.770 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.0130 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.6138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.798 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.798 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.6152 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0105 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1380 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.5137 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9153 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.587 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1378 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.5106 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.5107 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6132 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1376 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.6120 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 1372 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9110 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.675 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.792 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.682 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2137 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1353 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 2.5141 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1414 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5140 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1414 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.761 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.370 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.953 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.196 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1131 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.094 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8152 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1436 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.987 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022eph4smv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.