Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Aug 22, 2024, 5:28 AM AKDT (13:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 98 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-22 13:28:30 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.516° N, 141.001° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5130 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 766 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.6155 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 763 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 761 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.969 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 757 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.2147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 755 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.5149 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 752 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.5157 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 752 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.363 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 750 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.637 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 749 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.5138 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.9140 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 745 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.6139 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 745 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 735 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.7159 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 733 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.587 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 732 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.571 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 729 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 3.798 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.999 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 723 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.6154 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 3.2152 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 721 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.5112 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 718 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 1.7135 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.0125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.5125 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 1.6142 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 770 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.5101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 770 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.8173 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 779 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.674 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 779 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.632 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 785 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.689 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 789 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n8rf (also filed as ak024asv79be). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.