Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 93 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 93 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 7:28 PM AKST (04:28 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 58 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-19 04:28:15 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.598° N, 143.117° 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
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.858 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.8125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.5118 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.5125 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.871 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.9Southern Alaska · 1322 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.685 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.7133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.5Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.0Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.7Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.7104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.5117 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.0118 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.5109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.6111 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.7122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 1.6106 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.6107 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.0121 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1357 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.5131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.752 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.7149 km W of Yakutat, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.6104 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.4129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.3111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023vhrd27. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.