Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 5:03 PM AKDT (01:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-03-19 01:03:50 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.353° N, 140.625° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.883 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.5119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.0130 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1283 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 3.3124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1280 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1279 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 1.7118 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1274 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.6124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.8123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1269 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.8129 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.6146 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.7146 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.9173 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.7119 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.598 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 1.9124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.1Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1302 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.9138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.8104 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1303 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.6107 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 1304 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.7121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.6124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.7123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.9123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.8125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.0120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.5138 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.5122 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.6121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.1123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 4.7Yukon, Canada · 1307 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2

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