M1.6 earthquake 126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 10:08 PM AKDT (06:08 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 112 km S 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
- 2024-10-29 06:08:36 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.302° N, 143.138° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 699 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 697 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.576 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 697 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.5135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 689 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 689 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 684 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 683 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 680 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.5134 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 672 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 665 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.869 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.5129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 664 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 664 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 663 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 662 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.8111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 661 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 655 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2164 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 652 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 647 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 647 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.188 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 647 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 643 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.0111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 643 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 643 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 1.5116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 708 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 709 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 709 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6136 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 718 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.785 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 725 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.681 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 729 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.692 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 729 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024dx7gjte. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC.