Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 1:53 AM AKST (10:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-30 10:53:43 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.321° N, 143.221° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5118 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.5125 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.871 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1322 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.685 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.7Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.7104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.5117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.0118 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.5109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.6111 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.7122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.9Gulf of Alaska · 1287 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.6175 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.6102 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.4124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 2.193 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.6122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.6106 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.6107 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.0121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1357 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.5131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.7149 km W of Yakutat, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0231dse76i. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.