Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 1:00 PM AKDT (21:00 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 116 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-08-26 21:00:13 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.433° N, 143.198° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 394 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.2114 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 394 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.7127 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 388 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.897 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 385 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.0109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 380 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 380 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.746 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 376 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.1116 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 376 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.5122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 375 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.5181 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 372 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.8128 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 371 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 371 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 369 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.8109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 369 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 368 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.5110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 368 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.6117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 366 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 363 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.8155 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 353 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.8110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 351 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 1.8124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 345 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.2126 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 344 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 2.5113 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 404 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 409 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.6121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 413 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.5113 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 418 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025axyeq9x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.