M1.7 earthquake 159 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 159 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 3:05 AM AKDT (11:05 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-27 11:05:45 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.128° N, 140.023° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.587 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 732 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.571 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 729 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.798 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 723 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.6154 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.2152 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 721 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5112 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 719 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7135 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.5125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 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 · 22 km away
- 1.8135 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 704 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0147 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 703 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 702 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6126 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 701 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 700 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.599 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 693 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.5158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9141 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 677 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 675 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8121 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 674 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2163 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 674 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 674 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 735 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 739 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6139 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 745 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 746 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.687 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 746 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5138 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 748 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.8117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6104 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 750 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.5157 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 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 · 43 km away
- 1.969 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 758 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 761 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
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