Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 12:07 AM AKST (09:07 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-06 09:07:11 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.294° N, 143.284° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 662 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.2164 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 1.9104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.2105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 652 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.5119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 648 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.5127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 647 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.188 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 647 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 3.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.0111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 643 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 1.547 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 641 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.1119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 635 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.6109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 635 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.5109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.5106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.8106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.5104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 618 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.5141 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 616 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.7113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 616 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.585 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 615 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.8117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 614 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.8120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 614 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 1.5131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 612 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.8120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 612 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.9148 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 611 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.6135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 1.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.193 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 610 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.6131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 609 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.084 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 608 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 607 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 605 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.0130 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 1.9115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 664 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.5129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.869 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.3116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 665 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.5134 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 672 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 680 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.1136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.849 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 684 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.6115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 690 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.5135 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 690 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024fo3nrsw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC.