Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 8:39 AM AKST (17:39 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Yukon, Canada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-03 17:39:28 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.499° N, 140.703° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.6118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.3119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.6119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.9Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1331 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.6Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1329 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.6119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.1118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.6115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.5117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1318 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.0118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.7118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.1116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.5118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.5117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.7Yukon, Canada · 1302 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.6121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 1.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.5138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 2.0120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.8125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 2.9123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 2.6124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 1.7121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 1.6107 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1299 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.8104 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1298 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.9138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1297 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 1.9124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.5123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 1.883 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 1.5119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.0130 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1277 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 3.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 3.3124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 2.1119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1334 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.6115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.9Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1334 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.7116 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.4119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.8118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.0118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.9118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.9117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.2119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.5Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1335 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.7118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 4.1119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.0117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1335 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.8119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 3.0118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.5115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.8119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0231kiml80. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC.