M1.6 earthquake 127 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 127 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:59 AM AKDT (15:59 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 120 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-22 15:59:14 UTC
- Depth
- 8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.461° N, 140.527° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 890 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 890 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.8152 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 888 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6122 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 881 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.995 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 878 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.7166 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 874 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.2120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 873 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 864 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9176 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 858 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5153 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 840 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1151 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 840 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9160 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 832 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 1.554 km SSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 898 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.882 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 899 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.587 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 900 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.794 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 902 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6152 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 908 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.674 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 910 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8151 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 910 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6156 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 911 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7143 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 914 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.598 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 915 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.873 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 917 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0245750e9w. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC.