Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 87 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 87 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 7:42 PM AKST (04:42 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-12-27 04:42:34 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.263° N, 141.332° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.590 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.683 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.6118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.6121 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.6129 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.6103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.7141 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.7102 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.5144 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.5134 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2817 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.7136 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.6132 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2810 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.5137 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2810 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.5118 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.5128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.1113 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.557 km NE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 250 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.0101 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.881 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.0Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 2783 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.6119 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.987 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.886 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.588 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.488 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.887 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.787 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.686 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.5147 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.6127 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.6127 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.697 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.5116 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.9146 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.8144 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.796 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.7121 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018gl3n3fz (also filed as ak20552676, us2000ixyn). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.