Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 9:22 AM AKST (18:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 Yukon, Canada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 9:22 AM AKST
UTC: 2023-01-29 18:22:21 UTC
Depth: 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.516° N, 140.696° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 76°
Stations used: 25

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 73.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jk6q (also filed as ak0231c9fmjt). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC.