Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 112 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 112 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 7:54 PM AKDT (03:54 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 163 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-10-12 03:54:47 UTC
Depth
15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.503° N, 140.808° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7135 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.0125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.5125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.7140 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 708 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.7147 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 708 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.8135 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 704 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 702 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.6158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 700 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.599 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 694 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.5158 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.9141 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 678 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.862 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 676 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.2163 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 674 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.9118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 674 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.598 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.5123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 660 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 3.2152 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 721 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.6154 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.798 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.571 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 729 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.587 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 732 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.7159 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 734 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 735 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.6139 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 746 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.9140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 746 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.5138 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 748 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024d51t8dq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC.