M1.6 earthquake 115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 6:49 AM AKST (15:49 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 81 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-06 15:49:17 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.395° N, 143.012° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.0 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.671 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 236 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 236 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 233 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6116 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 233 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5107 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 231 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.9102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 230 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.6111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 229 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8114 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 227 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.988 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 227 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.678 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 226 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.381 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.282 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.2122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 223 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 222 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 222 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 221 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.595 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 221 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 220 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6121 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 220 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.795 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 218 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.2115 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 217 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 217 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 217 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.8124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 216 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 215 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.6106 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 215 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 214 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6139 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 212 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 212 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.896 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 212 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.797 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 212 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.881 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 208 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.592 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 208 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 208 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 208 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 207 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.7102 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 206 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6104 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 206 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5131 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 205 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.994 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 203 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 203 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 203 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.349 km SW of McCarthy, Alaska · 198 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.1111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 198 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 197 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 197 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8164 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 194 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 194 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 194 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8133 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 193 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 192 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.5122 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 192 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5113 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 192 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of 78.
Before
- 1.8130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 238 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 239 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.3115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 239 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 239 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.892 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 240 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9125 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 240 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5104 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 240 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.3115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 241 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.6116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 241 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.5112 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 241 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.7103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 241 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 242 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.8111 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 245 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 246 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 246 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9146 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 246 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 248 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 249 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 251 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 251 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026cphprv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.