M1.8 earthquake 121 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 9:11 PM AKST

UTC

2019-12-06 06:11:24 UTC

Depth

15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.524° N, 141.667° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

45

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast153 kmNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast361 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast452 kmE

After

1. 1.6136 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 10, 12:48 PM AKST · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
2. 1.562 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 10, 3:26 PM AKST · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.6102 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 11, 6:44 AM AKST · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
4. 1.6130 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 1:37 AM AKST · 2481 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
5. 2.0105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 4:33 AM AKST · 2481 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
6. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 16, 1:48 PM AKST · 2480 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
7. 1.783 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 20, 1:08 AM AKST · 2477 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
8. 1.598 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 21, 2:58 PM AKST · 2475 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
9. 2.1126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 24, 10:59 AM AKST · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
10. 1.676 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 24, 12:22 PM AKST · 2472 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
11. 1.698 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 27, 4:56 AM AKST · 2470 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
12. 1.8107 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 28, 11:34 PM AKST · 2468 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
13. 2.496 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 4, 8:42 AM AKST · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
14. 1.7135 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 4, 11:14 PM AKST · 2461 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
15. 1.6121 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 7, 12:05 PM AKST · 2458 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 10, 7:47 AM AKST · 2455 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
17. 1.579 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 11, 6:31 AM AKST · 2455 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
18. 1.888 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 13, 4:56 AM AKST · 2453 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
19. 1.574 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 14, 8:10 AM AKST · 2451 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
20. 1.5103 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 15, 7:55 AM AKST · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
21. 1.8120 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 15, 10:19 AM AKST · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
22. 1.5129 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 17, 7:37 AM AKST · 2448 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
23. 2.8127 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 17, 7:40 PM AKST · 2448 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
24. 1.9101 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 19, 7:22 AM AKST · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
25. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 21, 10:58 PM AKST · 2444 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
26. 4.0128 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 22, 5:10 AM AKST · 2444 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · tsunami flag
27. 1.5127 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 23, 4:00 AM AKST · 2443 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
28. 2.0127 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 24, 7:58 PM AKST · 2441 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
29. 1.5140 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 25, 10:44 AM AKST · 2440 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
30. 1.6124 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 25, 7:19 PM AKST · 2440 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
31. 1.5116 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 25, 10:11 PM AKST · 2440 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
32. 1.6103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 27, 4:09 PM AKST · 2438 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
33. 1.9104 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 28, 6:08 AM AKST · 2438 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
34. 3.0112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 2:54 AM AKST · 2435 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
35. 1.6132 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 3:10 AM AKST · 2435 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
36. 1.8104 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 4:46 AM AKST · 2435 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
37. 2.9103 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 5:03 AM AKST · 2435 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
38. 1.5103 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 31, 9:26 PM AKST · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
39. 2.4112 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Feb 1, 8:18 AM AKST · 2433 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
40. 1.6104 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Feb 2, 4:00 AM AKST · 2433 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
41. 1.688 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 3, 11:50 AM AKST · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

Before

1. 1.883 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 2, 6:23 PM AKST · 2494 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
2. 1.6122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 30, 4:58 PM AKST · 2496 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
3. 1.691 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 30, 12:14 PM AKST · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
4. 1.5121 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Nov 29, 1:38 PM AKST · 2497 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.858 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Nov 29, 6:18 AM AKST · 2498 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
6. 1.9123 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Nov 28, 9:44 PM AKST · 2498 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
7. 1.7141 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Nov 28, 12:04 PM AKST · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
8. 2.059 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Nov 28, 4:15 AM AKST · 2499 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
9. 2.0122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Nov 27, 2:54 PM AKST · 2499 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
10. 1.873 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Nov 27, 4:44 AM AKST · 2500 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
11. 1.998 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Nov 26, 8:27 PM AKST · 2500 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
12. 1.676 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Nov 26, 6:33 PM AKST · 2500 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
13. 2.696 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Nov 24, 11:34 PM AKST · 2502 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
14. 1.7126 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Nov 24, 5:42 AM AKST · 2503 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
15. 2.996 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Nov 24, 3:30 AM AKST · 2503 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
16. 2.4115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Nov 19, 7:33 PM AKST · 2507 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
17. 2.2114 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 16, 2:26 PM AKST · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
18. 1.6124 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Nov 16, 2:13 PM AKST · 2510 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
19. 1.959 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 16, 3:06 AM AKST · 2511 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
20. 1.797 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Nov 15, 9:00 PM AKST · 2511 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019fmed0cd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.