Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 90 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 90 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 4:22 PM AKST (01:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 65 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-11 01:22:43 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.636° N, 143.242° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5104 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 957 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.0101 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 956 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.2166 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 950 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.0126 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 948 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.587 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 948 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.7105 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 948 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 948 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.076 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 946 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.6117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 944 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.1111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 944 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.7110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 944 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.7106 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 942 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.8119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 942 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.7119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 938 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.665 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 935 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.2130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 935 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.1131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 935 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.9131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 935 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.0131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 935 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.5134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 931 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.590 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 928 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 924 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.8119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 918 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 917 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.7151 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 909 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.5102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 909 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.594 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 906 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 1.6163 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 963 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.5112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 964 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.692 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 967 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.0130 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 980 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.755 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 990 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0241xhatft. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.