Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 96 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 96 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, May 18, 2023, 7:00 PM AKDT (03:00 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-05-19 03:00:45 UTC
Depth
2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.351° N, 141.118° 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
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1223 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.699 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1212 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.8Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 1210 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.6160 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1197 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.6161 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1197 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.5125 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1194 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.2130 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.1133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.6129 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.9132 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1193 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.8133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1191 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.9116 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1182 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 3.0120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1178 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.682 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.598 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1235 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.7119 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1236 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.9173 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.7146 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.6146 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.8129 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0236dxhmzn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC.