Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 103 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 6:23 PM AKDT (02:23 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-09-19 02:23:24 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.979° N, 141.231° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 374 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.993 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.8128 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 369 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 369 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 362 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.6129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 361 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.998 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 360 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.698 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 359 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.0113 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 357 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.5108 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 357 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.7100 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 355 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.6110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 354 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.896 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 353 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.696 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 336 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.0115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 329 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.7125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 326 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.8122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 324 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.7112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 322 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.597 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 321 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.087 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 1.989 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 377 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.895 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 382 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.792 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 383 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.897 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 383 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.697 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.098 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.594 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.596 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.993 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 3.5104 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 388 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.8117 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 391 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.9122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 393 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.981 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 394 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.086 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 395 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.682 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 395 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.8102 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 399 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.5154 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 399 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.5111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 399 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away

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