M2.3 earthquake 135 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 135 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska on Sat, Jan 6, 2024, 2:37 PM AKST (23:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 156 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-06 23:37:39 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.830° N, 139.269° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4151 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 988 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9106 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 987 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5152 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 985 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8143 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 982 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3111 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 970 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7172 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 958 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.3156 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 951 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5153 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 950 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 945 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.073 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 940 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 1.6117 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.895 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5166 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6158 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5158 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5157 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024ab52d7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.