M1.6 earthquake 123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Sep 25, 2024, 1:26 PM AKDT (21:26 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 98 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-25 21:26:39 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.281° N, 140.636° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7159 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 733 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.587 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 732 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.571 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 729 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.798 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 723 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.6154 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2152 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 721 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.5112 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 718 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7135 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.5125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 708 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7147 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 708 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8135 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 704 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0147 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 703 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 702 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.6126 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 701 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.6158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 700 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.599 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 693 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9141 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 677 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.862 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 676 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 675 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 1.6139 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 745 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.9140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 745 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.5138 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.637 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 749 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.363 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 750 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5157 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5149 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 752 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.969 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 758 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 761 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6155 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 765 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024cd8848b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.