Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Jul 28, 2023, 8:27 PM AKDT (04:27 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-07-29 04:27:08 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.417° N, 143.058° 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
87

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1155 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.795 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1154 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.3109 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1153 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 3.0121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.5124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1150 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.8105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1144 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1134 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.7121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1128 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.7Southeastern Alaska · 1122 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.5122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1119 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.7125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1116 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.6126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.9121 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.6119 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1102 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1101 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.9123 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 2.0113 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.9123 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.7134 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.9136 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.9116 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0239ndef2f (also filed as us6000kwgc). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.