Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 151 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 151 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 1:38 PM AKST (22:38 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 141 km E of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-05 22:38:22 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.099° N, 140.190° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.788 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 633 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.685 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 633 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.5150 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 633 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.988 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 632 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.793 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 631 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.0141 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 630 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.5102 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 627 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.7130 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 624 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.6124 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 624 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.6152 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 624 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.0168 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 623 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.7144 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 623 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.582 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 623 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.592 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 618 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.5159 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 618 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.9154 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 618 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.7121 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 617 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.6149 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 616 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.5169 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 616 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.7122 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 616 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.9157 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 615 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 1.5121 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 614 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.599 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 614 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.9101 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 613 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.891 km S of Alcan Border, Alaska · 610 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.7192 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 609 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.5191 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 609 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.5147 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 593 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 1.9119 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 592 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.5132 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 587 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.6170 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 586 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.1111 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 583 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.5101 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 583 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.6108 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.785 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 578 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.9118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 578 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 2.085 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 576 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.584 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 576 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.2131 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 575 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.7109 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 573 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 1.7110 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 633 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.6135 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 634 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.9156 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 635 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.9157 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 635 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.9130 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.7133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.5135 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 644 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.6161 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 647 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.3154 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 648 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.5152 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 651 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 1.5122 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 653 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.580 km ENE of McCarthy, Alaska · 655 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.8133 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 658 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.5131 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 659 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.5123 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 659 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.598 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pi2u (also filed as ak0258n0h30). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.