Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 97 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 97 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 8:25 AM AKST (17:25 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 96 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-12-09 17:25:10 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.570° N, 142.640° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
19

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 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.696 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.3126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.6126 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.6103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.6104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.784 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.0128 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.5130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.5134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.8131 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.699 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.3133 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.5132 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.5109 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.8136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.3113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.0108 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.6120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.0102 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.1114 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.8132 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.9129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.0114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.1109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.1107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.7102 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.9134 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.5115 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.6124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.4110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.7120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.6136 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.6135 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.2121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.0121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020ft754wm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.