Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 95 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 95 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:23 PM AKDT (22:23 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 156 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-07-20 22:23:28 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.658° N, 142.188° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 799 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.193 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 799 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.593 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 799 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.791 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 798 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.695 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 784 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.8115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 782 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.0126 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 781 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.0102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 779 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.0100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 778 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.1112 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 776 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.7156 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 774 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.7111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 772 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.992 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 771 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.3131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 769 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.7109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 768 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.5128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 766 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.6119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 765 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.7127 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.9129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.7129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.1128 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 2.5123 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.8129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 2.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 762 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.5108 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 758 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.969 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 758 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.8104 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 757 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.1109 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 756 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.9109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.1109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.2147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.0110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 754 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.3119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 2.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.8108 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 750 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.891 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 749 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.8117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.5101 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 748 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.5128 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 1.6107 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.395 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 742 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.687 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 804 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.6114 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 806 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 808 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.5123 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 808 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.0126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 809 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.4134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 810 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.5101 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 810 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.5114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.5116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 811 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.0114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 812 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.2117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 814 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.1114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 814 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.9108 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 814 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.5112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 816 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.8102 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 820 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.5114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 822 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.668 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 823 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.6104 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 824 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.4130 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 828 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.5121 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 828 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0249afsmpx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC.