M1.8 earthquake 122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Feb 25, 1988, 4:19 PM AKST (01:19 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 122 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
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-02-26 01:19:08 UTC
- Depth
- -3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.341° N, 143.238° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14087 days ago · -3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.8123 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 14087 days ago · -3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.356 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 14083 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14077 days ago · -3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14073 days ago · -3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 14073 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5103 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 14058 days ago · -2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6100 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 14055 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.0176 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 14046 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak9882macb02. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.