Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 2:20 AM AKDT (10:20 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-03-27 10:20:09 UTC
Depth
2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.355° N, 143.518° 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
100

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.794 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.645 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.649 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.8131 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.8125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.1124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.790 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.9108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.7113 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.632 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.653 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1228 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.6102 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.6175 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.9Gulf of Alaska · 1287 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.7122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.5109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.0118 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.7104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.525 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.7Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0233yeahke (also filed as us7000jmzf). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.