Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 99 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 99 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Jul 8, 2024, 10:49 AM AKDT (18:49 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-07-08 18:49:52 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.565° N, 141.069° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.037 · 98 stations

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
72

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 816 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.6100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 814 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.9100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 814 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.599 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 814 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.399 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 813 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.898 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.5129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 804 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.652 km ESE of Nabesna, Alaska · 802 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.689 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 791 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.632 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 787 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.674 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 782 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.8173 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 781 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.5101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 773 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.6142 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 772 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.9102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 771 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.5130 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 768 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.6155 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 766 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.746 km SW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 765 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.969 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 760 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.2147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 757 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.6134 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 823 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.668 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 825 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.1134 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 827 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.6159 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 827 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.6157 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 827 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.9151 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 827 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.1157 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 827 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.9160 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 834 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.1151 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 842 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.5153 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 842 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0248qj4cvp (also filed as us7000mxv3). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.