Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 89 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 89 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 2:56 PM AKDT (22:56 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.6 129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-09-18 22:56:34 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.394° N, 141.244° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 1.8103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 377 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.993 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.8128 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 4.6129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 361 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.0113 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 358 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.7100 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 355 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.896 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 354 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.696 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 337 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.7125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 326 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 1.697 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.098 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.594 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.596 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.993 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 3.5104 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 389 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.981 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 394 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.086 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 395 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.682 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 395 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.5154 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 399 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025c00p6yk. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:17 AM UTC.