M2.6 earthquake 120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Sep 8, 2024, 4:59 PM AKDT (00:59 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-09 00:59:44 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.356° N, 143.104° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8108 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 750 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.8117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5128 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 747 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 739 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 736 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.7128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 735 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 734 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.692 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 729 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.681 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 729 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.785 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 724 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6136 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 717 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 714 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 708 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 708 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.5116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 708 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 701 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.5126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 699 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 697 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.576 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 696 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.3119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 762 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5123 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1128 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.7127 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 765 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 766 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 769 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.992 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 771 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7111 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 771 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.7156 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 773 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1112 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 775 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 779 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0126 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 781 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024bmfbgyh (also filed as us6000nqjl). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC.