Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 88 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 88 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 3:07 AM AKST (12:07 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-22 12:07:55 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.647° N, 142.672° 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
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5135 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.7133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 3.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.0111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 643 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.9130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.1119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 635 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.6109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 635 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.6135 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 634 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.5109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.5106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.8106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.5112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 622 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.5104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 618 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.5141 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 616 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.7113 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 616 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.585 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 615 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.8117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 614 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.8120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 614 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.5131 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 612 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.8120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 612 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.9148 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 611 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.6135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.9135 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.193 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 610 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 1.6131 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 609 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.2112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 609 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.0115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.084 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 608 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 607 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 606 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 605 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.0130 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.894 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 601 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.1110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 596 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 594 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.6128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 593 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.7131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 593 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 1.8126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 591 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 1.5127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 647 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.5119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 648 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.2105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 652 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.9104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.2164 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 653 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.7127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 656 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.8111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 661 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 662 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.6128 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 664 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.9115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 664 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 1.5129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.869 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 665 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.3116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 665 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.5134 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 672 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.2134 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 676 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024gem1pw6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.