M2.7 earthquake 105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 10:31 AM AKDT (18:31 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.036 · 102 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025byampky (also filed as us7000qwru). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.