Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 96 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 96 km E of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Dec 14, 2025, 11:52 AM AKST (20:52 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 124 km N of Yakutat, 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
2025-12-14 20:52:02 UTC
Depth
1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.316° N, 141.142° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
137°
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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.9118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.1119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.8120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.1119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.2160 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.3121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.4117 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.3122 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.9142 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 291 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.4115 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.4120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.2116 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 291 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.097 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 291 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.3119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.2117 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.0122 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.4120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.6121 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.6120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.1115 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.2118 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.5116 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.0113 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.0113 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.1117 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 290 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.0141 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 289 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.1120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.1121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.3119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.0115 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.1121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.0100 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 289 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 1.8119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.0117 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.2122 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.9118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 1.9116 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.1119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.0121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.1123 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 289 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.3149 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 288 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.8117 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 288 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 2.0116 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 288 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.9121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 288 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.881 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 288 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.0147 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 288 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 1.8163 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 288 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 3.0118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 288 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.0119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.9121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.0128 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.1118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.3120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.5121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.0123 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.0120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.8122 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.8118 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.1121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.8105 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 292 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.9118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.7104 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 292 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.9120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.4119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.0132 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.8116 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.9121 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.0116 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.0120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.4117 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.9118 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.4121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.8115 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 292 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.2135 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 293 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.7118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 293 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.0119 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 293 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.1122 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 293 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.4120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 293 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.9118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 293 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2025yoomgl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.