M2.5 earthquake 88 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 88 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 8:18 AM AKDT (16:18 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 97 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.037 · 96 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022bg2gbw0 (also filed as us7000i5r2). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.