Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 98 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 98 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 7:17 PM AKDT (03:17 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 112 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-10-12 03:17:37 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.554° N, 143.021° 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
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1080 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1075 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.9126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.5126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.977 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.077 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.9155 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.6127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.7121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.6121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.7135 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.5122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.9111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.675 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.8172 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.6131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.9118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1049 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.0104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1045 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.6118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 3.1112 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.5128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.5129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.695 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.076 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.6112 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.7112 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.176 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.677 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.677 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 1.7116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 1.7148 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.5134 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.7163 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.7129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.2133 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.6108 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.9Southern Alaska · 1091 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.1Southern Alaska · 1092 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.3129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1102 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1104 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.6119 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.9121 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.6126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023d3e1xln (also filed as us6000lez4). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC.