M1.8 earthquake 66 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 66 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, May 4, 2025, 12:03 PM AKDT (20:03 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 129 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-04 20:03:15 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.671° N, 141.783° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5153 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 512 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 486 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 475 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2129 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 472 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8132 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 463 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.9132 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 462 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.591 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 458 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.871 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 458 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.559 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 454 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 1.5131 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 516 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5134 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.784 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 518 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5117 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 520 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.766 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 531 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9127 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 533 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Nabesna, Alaska · 539 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 539 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0255pekdpk. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.