Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 8:31 AM AKST (17:31 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-17 17:31:21 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.485° N, 143.045° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
62

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 648 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.5127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 648 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.188 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.5135 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 645 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.7133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 645 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 645 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.0111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.1119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 636 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.6109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 635 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.5109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.5106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.8106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.5112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 623 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.5104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 618 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.5141 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 617 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.7113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 616 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.585 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 615 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.8117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 615 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.8120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 615 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.5131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 613 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.8120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 612 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.9148 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 612 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.6135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.193 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 611 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.6131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 610 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.084 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 608 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 608 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 606 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.0130 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.894 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 602 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 597 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 595 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 594 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.7131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 594 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 1.9104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.2164 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 654 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.7127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 656 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 663 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.6128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 664 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.9115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.5129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.869 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.3116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 666 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.5134 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 673 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.2134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 676 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 681 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.1136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 682 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away

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