Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 12:52 AM AKDT (08:52 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 128 km SSW 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
2025-10-16 08:52:01 UTC
Depth
12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.447° N, 143.013° 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: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 344 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.2126 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 343 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.885 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 338 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.7116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 337 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.0106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 336 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.3104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 333 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.6122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 330 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.9117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 326 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.6128 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 325 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.8122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 324 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.0120 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 322 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.6120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 322 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.9120 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 320 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.6111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 317 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.694 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.089 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 316 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.9114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.2112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.6114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 316 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 1.5115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 1.7113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.7114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.5114 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 2.0124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.9127 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 3.0128 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 315 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.7112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 314 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 1.8112 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 314 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.365 km SSE of Chitina, Alaska · 313 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.8113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 313 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 1.9112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 313 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 1.6112 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 313 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 1.5117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 313 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 1.5115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 310 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.7122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 310 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.9159 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 309 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.1107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 309 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.587 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 308 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 307 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.4106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 307 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 1.7111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 307 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 1.8119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 306 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 1.8121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 305 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.6106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 305 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 304 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.6129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 301 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.8120 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 300 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.7116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 300 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.6101 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 300 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.2107 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 297 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.0127 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 297 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.7107 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 296 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 1.7108 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 296 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 1.7121 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 295 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.9125 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 293 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.8155 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 352 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.6110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 354 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.5118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 363 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.6117 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 365 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.5110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 367 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.1104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 368 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.8109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 368 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.6110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 368 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.5126 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.8128 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 370 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.5181 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 371 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.5122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 375 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.1116 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 375 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 379 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.0109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 379 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025da3dwxd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.