M1.6 earthquake 103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 5:22 PM AKST

UTC

2026-01-04 02:22:26 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.506° N, 143.004° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.6 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Station coverage gap

93°

Stations used

22

• Cordova, AlaskaPopulation 2,196. Forecast151 kmE
• Eagle River, AlaskaPopulation 24,793. Forecast366 kmESE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast381 kmE

After

1. 1.7113 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 8:37 PM AKST · 270 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
2. 2.1122 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 5:28 AM AKST · 270 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
3. 1.6116 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 8:14 AM AKST · 270 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
4. 2.0114 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 1:19 AM AKST · 269 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.9112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 1:42 AM AKST · 269 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
6. 1.6139 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 4:30 PM AKST · 265 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
7. 1.5127 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 5:16 AM AKST · 265 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
8. 1.7128 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 7:15 AM AKST · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.8122 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 4:07 PM AKST · 264 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
10. 1.8135 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 10, 9:46 AM AKST · 264 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
11. 2.887 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 12:55 AM AKST · 262 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
12. 1.5140 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 2:45 AM AKST · 262 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
13. 1.5106 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 5:42 AM AKST · 262 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
14. 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 11:16 AM AKST · 262 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.8118 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 7:58 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
16. 1.9120 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 8:35 PM AKST · 261 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
17. 1.9120 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 6:30 PM AKST · 260 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
18. 1.9127 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 3:35 AM AKST · 257 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
19. 1.7128 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 4:25 AM AKST · 257 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
20. 1.7105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 6:53 PM AKST · 256 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
21. 1.677 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 2:26 AM AKST · 256 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
22. 1.8128 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 4:29 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
23. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 2:39 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
24. 1.7115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 10:50 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
25. 2.7113 km E of Cordova, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 4:41 AM AKST · 251 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
26. 2.0112 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 1:49 PM AKST · 251 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
27. 1.7117 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 8:48 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
28. 1.542 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 6:40 AM AKST · 248 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
29. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 6:58 AM AKST · 248 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
30. 1.9146 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 3:05 AM AKST · 246 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
31. 1.7126 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 10:45 AM AKST · 246 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
32. 1.8126 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 7:45 PM AKST · 245 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
33. 1.8111 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 8:40 AM AKST · 245 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
34. 1.6129 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 12:51 AM AKST · 241 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
35. 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 2:07 AM AKST · 241 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
36. 1.5112 km E of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 3:25 AM AKST · 241 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
37. 2.6116 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 6:18 PM AKST · 240 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
38. 2.3115 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 6:21 PM AKST · 240 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
39. 1.5104 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 7:24 AM AKST · 240 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
40. 1.9125 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 7:31 AM AKST · 240 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
41. 1.892 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 10:03 PM AKST · 239 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
42. 2.0119 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Feb 4, 4:53 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
43. 2.3115 km E of Cordova, AlaskaWed, Feb 4, 6:12 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
44. 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Feb 4, 6:47 PM AKST · 238 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
45. 1.8130 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 1:12 AM AKST · 237 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
46. 1.6115 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 6:49 AM AKST · 237 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
47. 1.671 km ENE of Cordova, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 6:53 AM AKST · 236 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
48. 1.6121 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 7:17 PM AKST · 235 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
49. 2.0126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 6:30 PM AKST · 232 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
50. 1.6116 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 8:42 PM AKST · 232 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
51. 1.5107 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 9:35 PM AKST · 232 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
52. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 11:26 PM AKST · 232 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
53. 1.8129 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 5:22 PM AKST · 230 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
54. 1.9102 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Feb 13, 11:53 PM AKST · 229 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
55. 1.8114 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Feb 14, 8:49 PM AKST · 228 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
56. 2.4119 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 3:47 AM AKST · 227 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
57. 1.988 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 7:08 PM AKST · 226 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
58. 1.678 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 17, 1:53 PM AKST · 226 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
59. 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Feb 18, 6:16 AM AKST · 225 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
60. 3.381 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Feb 19, 4:49 AM AKST · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

1. 1.8126 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 4:31 PM AKST · 270 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
2. 1.5115 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 7:58 PM AKST · 275 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
3. 1.689 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 7:24 PM AKST · 275 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 3:24 AM AKST · 276 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
5. 1.8142 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 3:16 AM AKST · 276 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
6. 1.8130 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 1:27 AM AKST · 276 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
7. 1.9115 km E of Cordova, AlaskaSun, Dec 28, 10:42 PM AKST · 276 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
8. 2.1122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 28, 10:51 AM AKST · 277 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
9. 1.5126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 12:47 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
10. 1.8119 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 23, 5:11 PM AKST · 281 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.5117 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 23, 4:55 PM AKST · 281 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.099 km E of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Dec 22, 1:35 AM AKST · 283 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
13. 1.696 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Dec 19, 5:30 PM AKST · 285 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
14. 1.7114 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 9:45 PM AKST · 287 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
15. 1.5112 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 9:07 PM AKST · 287 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
16. 2.1125 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 8:24 AM AKST · 288 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
17. 1.7134 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 17, 12:03 AM AKST · 288 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
18. 1.8105 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Dec 14, 8:35 AM AKST · 291 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
19. 1.7104 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Dec 14, 7:07 AM AKST · 291 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
20. 1.7113 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 12, 3:07 PM AKST · 292 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026afrxig. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC.