M1.9 earthquake 124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Mar 15, 2023, 3:29 PM AKDT (23:29 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 124 km E 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-15 23:29:21 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.279° N, 140.620° 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6111 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.883 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.5119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0130 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1277 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.3124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1273 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7118 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1269 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.8123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8129 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6146 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7146 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9115 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9173 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7119 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1297 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8104 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1298 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6107 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1299 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.7121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.6124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.9123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.5138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7Yukon, Canada · 1301 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233ermwuw. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.