M1.6 earthquake 73 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 4:56 PM AKST

UTC

2025-12-20 01:56:46 UTC

Depth

12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

61.527° N, 141.555° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.7 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

95°

Stations used

17

• Tok, AlaskaPopulation 1,258. Forecast214 kmSSE
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast360 kmWNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast446 kmE

After

1. 2.0128 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Dec 21, 4:52 AM AKST · 285 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
2. 1.8146 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 22, 10:59 AM AKST · 284 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
3. 1.6153 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 22, 10:42 PM AKST · 283 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
4. 1.6153 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 23, 1:16 AM AKST · 283 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
5. 1.6110 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 23, 6:12 AM AKST · 283 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.5151 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 23, 8:01 AM AKST · 283 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
7. 1.5152 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 23, 5:56 PM AKST · 282 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
8. 1.5122 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 24, 10:47 AM AKST · 282 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
9. 1.780 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 3:56 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
10. 2.0101 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 4:51 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
11. 1.8159 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 11:37 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
12. 2.1160 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 9:07 AM AKST · 279 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
13. 2.1133 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 3:24 PM AKST · 278 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
14. 2.3152 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 10:42 PM AKST · 278 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
15. 2.1124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 10:24 AM AKST · 277 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
16. 2.490 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 30, 5:38 PM AKST · 275 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
17. 3.191 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 31, 1:19 AM AKST · 275 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
18. 2.0139 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 31, 4:17 PM AKST · 274 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
19. 2.089 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 1, 3:31 AM AKST · 274 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
20. 1.990 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 1, 3:32 PM AKST · 273 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
21. 1.9158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 2, 2:53 PM AKST · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
22. 1.9149 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 5:14 AM AKST · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
23. 2.3118 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 10:48 AM AKST · 272 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
24. 1.8121 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 8:44 PM AKST · 271 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
25. 1.8152 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 5:36 AM AKST · 271 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
26. 1.7150 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 5:41 AM AKST · 271 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
27. 1.8124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 10:06 PM AKST · 269 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
28. 2.190 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 6, 12:55 AM AKST · 269 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
29. 1.980 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 6, 2:54 AM AKST · 269 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
30. 2.0132 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 6, 9:36 AM AKST · 269 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
31. 2.467 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 2:00 PM AKST · 267 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
32. 2.5155 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 5:35 PM AKST · 267 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
33. 2.077 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 7:49 PM AKST · 267 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
34. 1.956 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 9:24 PM AKST · 267 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
35. 2.1141 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 2:11 AM AKST · 267 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
36. 2.0148 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 5:45 AM AKST · 267 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
37. 1.9142 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 12:44 PM AKST · 266 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
38. 1.754 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 1:37 PM AKST · 265 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
39. 1.9159 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 10, 11:33 AM AKST · 265 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
40. 2.0110 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 11, 2:34 PM AKST · 263 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
41. 1.852 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 11, 5:03 PM AKST · 263 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
42. 1.779 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 5:58 PM AKST · 262 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
43. 1.8112 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 1:59 AM AKST · 262 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
44. 1.636 km NE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 9:21 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
45. 1.9142 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 14, 9:39 PM AKST · 260 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
46. 2.049 km SSW of Alcan Border, AlaskaFri, Jan 16, 10:02 PM AKST · 258 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
47. 1.7110 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 7:04 AM AKST · 258 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
48. 1.6123 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 11:42 PM AKST · 257 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
49. 1.5123 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 9:25 PM AKST · 256 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
50. 1.5122 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 10:02 PM AKST · 256 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
51. 1.6124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 2:04 AM AKST · 256 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
52. 1.7116 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 1:35 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
53. 1.577 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 5:06 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
54. 1.8121 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 8:58 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
55. 1.6114 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 11:29 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
56. 1.5117 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 24, 5:04 PM AKST · 250 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
57. 1.6120 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 24, 5:24 PM AKST · 250 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
58. 2.932 km ESE of Nabesna, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 8:24 AM AKST · 250 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
59. 1.9105 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 12:33 PM AKST · 249 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
60. 1.542 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 6:40 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

1. 2.0147 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 11:36 PM AKST · 288 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
2. 1.881 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 11:05 PM AKST · 288 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
3. 2.3149 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 8:31 PM AKST · 288 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.0100 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 5:27 AM AKST · 289 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
5. 2.0141 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 16, 6:36 PM AKST · 289 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
6. 2.097 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 15, 4:22 PM AKST · 290 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
7. 1.9142 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 15, 2:16 AM AKST · 291 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
8. 2.2160 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 14, 5:36 PM AKST · 291 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
9. 1.896 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Dec 14, 11:52 AM AKST · 292 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
10. 1.9122 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 13, 5:28 AM AKST · 293 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
11. 1.8147 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 13, 12:43 AM AKST · 293 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
12. 1.9156 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 1:22 PM AKST · 293 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
13. 1.6150 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 10:50 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
14. 2.0150 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 10:01 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.0149 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 8:33 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
16. 1.8149 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 6:39 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.7148 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 6:28 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
18. 1.9151 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 6:24 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
19. 2.1150 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 3:54 AM AKST · 294 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
20. 2.0151 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Dec 11, 6:54 PM AKST · 294 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2025yydfhx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.