M2.3 earthquake 118 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 10:48 AM AKST

UTC

2026-01-03 19:48:12 UTC

Depth

0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

61.519° N, 140.708° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

18

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast226 kmNNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast316 kmWNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast490 kmE

After

1. 1.9147 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 2:10 PM AKST · 271 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
2. 1.8121 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 8:44 PM AKST · 270 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
3. 1.8152 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 5:36 AM AKST · 270 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
4. 1.7150 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 5:41 AM AKST · 270 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
5. 1.8124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 10:06 PM AKST · 268 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
6. 2.190 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 6, 12:55 AM AKST · 268 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
7. 1.980 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 6, 2:54 AM AKST · 268 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
8. 2.0132 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 6, 9:36 AM AKST · 268 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.467 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 2:00 PM AKST · 267 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
10. 2.5155 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 5:35 PM AKST · 266 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
11. 2.077 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 7:49 PM AKST · 266 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
12. 1.956 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 7, 9:24 PM AKST · 266 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
13. 2.1141 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 2:11 AM AKST · 266 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
14. 2.0148 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 5:45 AM AKST · 266 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
15. 1.9142 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 12:44 PM AKST · 266 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
16. 2.0154 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 8:33 AM AKST · 265 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
17. 1.754 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 1:37 PM AKST · 265 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
18. 1.9159 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 10, 11:33 AM AKST · 264 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
19. 2.0110 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 11, 2:34 PM AKST · 263 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
20. 1.852 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 11, 5:03 PM AKST · 262 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
21. 2.3110 km SE of Alcan Border, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 12:37 PM AKST · 262 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
22. 1.779 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 5:58 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
23. 1.8112 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 1:59 AM AKST · 261 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
24. 1.9133 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 6:54 AM AKST · 261 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
25. 1.636 km NE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 9:21 PM AKST · 260 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
26. 1.9142 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 14, 9:39 PM AKST · 259 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
27. 2.049 km SSW of Alcan Border, AlaskaFri, Jan 16, 10:02 PM AKST · 257 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
28. 1.7110 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 7:04 AM AKST · 257 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
29. 1.6123 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 11:42 PM AKST · 256 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
30. 1.8134 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 7:17 AM AKST · 256 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
31. 1.5123 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 9:25 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
32. 1.5122 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 10:02 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
33. 1.5141 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 10:56 PM AKST · 255 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
34. 1.6124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 2:04 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
35. 1.5135 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 10:08 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
36. 1.6141 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 6:57 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
37. 2.5134 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 11:01 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
38. 1.7116 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 1:35 AM AKST · 254 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
39. 1.577 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 20, 5:06 PM AKST · 253 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
40. 1.8121 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 8:58 AM AKST · 253 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
41. 1.6114 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 21, 11:29 AM AKST · 253 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
42. 1.5134 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 3:05 PM AKST · 251 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
43. 1.5117 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 24, 5:04 PM AKST · 249 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
44. 1.6120 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 24, 5:24 PM AKST · 249 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
45. 1.6134 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 1:07 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
46. 1.9105 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 12:33 PM AKST · 249 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
47. 1.542 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 6:40 AM AKST · 248 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
48. 2.0128 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 1:43 PM AKST · 248 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
49. 1.7119 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 3:30 PM AKST · 248 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
50. 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 4:34 PM AKST · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
51. 2.0118 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 8:16 PM AKST · 247 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
52. 1.5117 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 9:02 PM AKST · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
53. 2.0119 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 9:19 PM AKST · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
54. 1.7119 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 2:30 AM AKST · 247 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
55. 1.6125 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 2:54 AM AKST · 247 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
56. 1.7118 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 8:43 AM AKST · 247 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
57. 1.7113 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 4:23 PM AKST · 247 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
58. 2.4119 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 8:06 PM AKST · 246 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
59. 2.0118 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 8:14 PM AKST · 246 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
60. 1.9124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jan 27, 8:37 PM AKST · 246 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

1. 1.9149 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 5:14 AM AKST · 271 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
2. 1.9158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 2, 2:53 PM AKST · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
3. 1.990 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 1, 3:32 PM AKST · 273 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
4. 2.089 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 1, 3:31 AM AKST · 273 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
5. 2.0139 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 31, 4:17 PM AKST · 274 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
6. 3.191 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 31, 1:19 AM AKST · 274 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
7. 2.490 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 30, 5:38 PM AKST · 274 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
8. 2.1124 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 10:24 AM AKST · 276 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
9. 2.1135 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 28, 7:25 AM AKST · 277 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
10. 2.3152 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 10:42 PM AKST · 277 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
11. 2.1133 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 3:24 PM AKST · 278 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
12. 2.1160 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 9:07 AM AKST · 278 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
13. 1.8159 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 11:37 PM AKST · 278 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
14. 1.9157 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 8:15 PM AKST · 278 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
15. 2.0101 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 4:51 PM AKST · 278 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
16. 1.780 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 3:56 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
17. 2.0131 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 25, 11:38 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
18. 1.6136 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 25, 1:59 AM AKST · 280 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
19. 1.7133 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 25, 1:07 AM AKST · 280 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
20. 1.8136 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 25, 1:03 AM AKST · 280 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026afevrt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.