Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 126 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Jun 15, 2022, 10:00 PM AKDT (06:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-06-16 06:00:26 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.467° N, 140.552° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
64

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hhqe (also filed as ak0227oabm4h). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC.