M1.8 earthquake 131 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 131 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 1:35 PM AKDT (21:35 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 64 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-04-16 21:35:25 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.345° N, 141.998° 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
- 42
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 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.790 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9108 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.598 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8103 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.698 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7113 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9115 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.5104 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.693 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.590 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.691 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7119 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1238 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.598 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5101 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1233 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1232 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1230 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.166 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.864 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.369 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.067 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.867 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.869 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1226 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.864 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.468 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.667 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1226 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.566 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.668 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1225 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.794 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1224 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7101 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.787 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.571 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6101 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1222 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7139 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1219 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.671 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1214 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0120 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1211 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1208 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5125 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1207 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.592 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1205 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.691 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1271 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.594 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1272 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.293 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.092 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1273 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5117 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.099 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1274 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.891 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1275 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.590 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.578 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.594 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1276 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.794 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1278 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1105 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1279 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.6102 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6175 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.6111 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
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