M1.5 earthquake 127 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Jan 9, 2026, 5:16 AM AKST

UTC

2026-01-09 14:16:18 UTC

Depth

2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.292° N, 143.023° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.4 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.30

Station coverage gap

128°

Stations used

11

• Cordova, AlaskaPopulation 2,196. Forecast153 kmE
• Eagle River, AlaskaPopulation 24,793. Forecast373 kmESE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast387 kmESE

After

1. 1.7128 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 7:15 AM AKST · 269 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.8122 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jan 9, 4:07 PM AKST · 268 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
3. 1.8135 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 10, 9:46 AM AKST · 268 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
4. 2.887 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 12:55 AM AKST · 266 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
5. 1.5140 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 2:45 AM AKST · 266 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
6. 1.5106 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 5:42 AM AKST · 266 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
7. 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 11:16 AM AKST · 266 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
8. 1.8118 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 7:58 PM AKST · 265 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
9. 1.9120 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 12, 8:35 PM AKST · 265 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
10. 1.7111 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 5:06 AM AKST · 265 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
11. 1.9120 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 13, 6:30 PM AKST · 264 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
12. 1.9127 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 3:35 AM AKST · 261 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
13. 1.7128 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 4:25 AM AKST · 261 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
14. 1.7105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 17, 6:53 PM AKST · 260 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
15. 1.677 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaSun, Jan 18, 2:26 AM AKST · 260 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
16. 1.8128 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 4:29 AM AKST · 259 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
17. 2.3118 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 2:39 PM AKST · 258 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
18. 1.7115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 19, 10:50 PM AKST · 258 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
19. 2.7113 km E of Cordova, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 4:41 AM AKST · 255 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
20. 2.0112 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 1:49 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
21. 2.9112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 23, 4:06 PM AKST · 254 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
22. 1.7117 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Jan 25, 8:48 AM AKST · 253 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
23. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jan 26, 6:58 AM AKST · 252 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
24. 1.9146 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 3:05 AM AKST · 250 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
25. 1.7126 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 10:45 AM AKST · 250 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
26. 1.8126 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 28, 7:45 PM AKST · 249 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
27. 3.1104 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 1:28 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
28. 3.1102 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 1:52 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
29. 2.0103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 2:54 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
30. 1.8111 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 29, 8:40 AM AKST · 249 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
31. 1.6129 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 12:51 AM AKST · 245 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
32. 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 2:07 AM AKST · 245 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
33. 1.5112 km E of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 3:25 AM AKST · 245 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
34. 2.6116 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 6:18 PM AKST · 244 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
35. 2.3115 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 2, 6:21 PM AKST · 244 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
36. 1.5104 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 7:24 AM AKST · 244 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
37. 1.9125 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 7:31 AM AKST · 244 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
38. 2.1106 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 8:46 PM AKST · 243 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
39. 1.892 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 3, 10:03 PM AKST · 243 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
40. 2.0119 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Feb 4, 4:53 PM AKST · 242 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
41. 2.3115 km E of Cordova, AlaskaWed, Feb 4, 6:12 PM AKST · 242 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
42. 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Feb 4, 6:47 PM AKST · 242 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
43. 1.8130 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 1:12 AM AKST · 241 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
44. 1.6115 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Feb 6, 6:49 AM AKST · 241 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
45. 1.671 km ENE of Cordova, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 6:53 AM AKST · 240 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
46. 1.6121 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Feb 7, 7:17 PM AKST · 239 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
47. 1.8112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Feb 9, 12:30 PM AKST · 237 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
48. 2.0126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 6:30 PM AKST · 236 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
49. 1.6116 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 8:42 PM AKST · 236 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
50. 1.5107 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 9:35 PM AKST · 236 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
51. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 10, 11:26 PM AKST · 236 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
52. 1.8129 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Feb 12, 5:22 PM AKST · 234 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
53. 1.9102 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Feb 13, 11:53 PM AKST · 233 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
54. 2.6111 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Feb 14, 7:40 PM AKST · 232 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
55. 1.8114 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Feb 14, 8:49 PM AKST · 232 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
56. 2.4119 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 3:47 AM AKST · 231 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
57. 1.988 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Feb 16, 7:08 PM AKST · 230 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
58. 1.678 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Feb 17, 1:53 PM AKST · 229 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
59. 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Feb 18, 6:16 AM AKST · 229 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
60. 3.381 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Feb 19, 4:49 AM AKST · 228 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

1. 1.6139 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jan 8, 4:30 PM AKST · 269 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
2. 1.9112 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 1:42 AM AKST · 273 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
3. 1.5111 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 1:35 AM AKST · 273 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
4. 2.0114 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jan 5, 1:19 AM AKST · 273 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
5. 1.6116 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 8:14 AM AKST · 274 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
6. 2.1122 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jan 4, 5:28 AM AKST · 274 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
7. 1.7113 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 8:37 PM AKST · 274 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
8. 1.6103 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 5:22 PM AKST · 274 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
9. 1.8126 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jan 3, 4:31 PM AKST · 274 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
10. 2.9106 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 2, 11:13 AM AKST · 276 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.2113 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 31, 3:13 PM AKST · 277 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.5115 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 7:58 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
13. 1.689 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 7:24 PM AKST · 279 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
14. 1.6105 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 3:24 AM AKST · 280 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
15. 1.8142 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 3:16 AM AKST · 280 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
16. 1.8130 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 29, 1:27 AM AKST · 280 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
17. 1.9115 km E of Cordova, AlaskaSun, Dec 28, 10:42 PM AKST · 280 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
18. 2.1122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 28, 10:51 AM AKST · 281 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
19. 2.2119 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 27, 9:25 PM AKST · 281 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
20. 1.5126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 26, 12:47 PM AKST · 282 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026apueyj. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.