M1.5 earthquake 48 km N of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km N of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 8:02 AM AKDT (16:02 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 63 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-07-29 16:02:34 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.864° N, 142.884° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.041 km N of Nabesna, Alaska · 793 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 790 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.689 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 790 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.632 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 786 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.746 km SW of Alcan Border, Alaska · 763 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 762 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.969 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 758 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.363 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 751 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.637 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 749 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.519 km E of Nabesna, Alaska · 748 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.755 km SW of Nabesna, Alaska · 736 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0249p7xoa8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.