Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 12:06 AM AKDT (08:06 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-09-17 08:06:33 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.452° N, 142.953° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 379 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.1116 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 375 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.9106 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 374 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.5122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 374 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.5181 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 370 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.8128 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 367 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.8109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 367 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 367 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.5110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 367 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.6117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 365 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 362 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.6110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 354 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.8155 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 352 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.8110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 350 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.8124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 344 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.2126 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 343 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.885 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 337 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.7116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 337 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.0106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 335 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.3104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 333 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.6122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 330 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 2.0115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 329 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.9117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 325 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 1.6128 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 325 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.8122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 324 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.0120 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 321 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 321 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.9120 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 320 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 1.897 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 383 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.7127 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 387 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.8117 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 392 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.2114 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 393 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.9122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 393 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.7115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 396 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 400 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.5113 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 403 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 408 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025by4j251. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.