Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 8:18 AM AKDT (16:18 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 98 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-09-24 16:18:32 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.322° N, 142.929° 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
46

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 735 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.1130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 734 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.692 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 729 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.681 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 729 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.785 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 725 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.798 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 723 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.9116 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 720 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.6136 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 718 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.9111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 715 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.2131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.6117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 709 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 709 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.5116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 709 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.6111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 705 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.6126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 702 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.0105 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 701 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.5126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 699 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.2122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 697 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.576 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 697 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.8112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 694 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.5135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 690 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.6115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 689 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.5112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 684 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.1136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 680 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 1.5131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 740 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.5128 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.8117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.8108 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 750 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.3119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.0110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 754 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.1109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.9109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.1109 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.8104 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 757 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.5131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 762 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.8129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.5123 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.1128 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.7129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.9129 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.7127 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 764 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.6119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 765 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.5128 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 766 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024cbhnvdq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.