Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 98 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 98 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 7:50 PM AKDT (03:50 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-28 03:50:58 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.614° N, 141.119° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.036 · 104 stations

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
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.695 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 554 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.6101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 554 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.658 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 554 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.1154 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 551 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.6156 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 550 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.6102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 542 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.6165 km SSE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 536 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.9127 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 536 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.766 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 534 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.8156 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 533 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.5117 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 522 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.784 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 521 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.5134 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 520 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.5131 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 518 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.866 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 517 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.5153 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 514 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 2.4135 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 554 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.8125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 568 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.3124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 568 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.2132 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 572 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.7115 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 574 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.1118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 575 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.7109 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 576 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 578 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.085 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 578 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.9118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 580 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.6108 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 582 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0253zxuc4y (also filed as us7000pn92). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.