Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 119 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Mon, Feb 16, 2026, 3:47 AM AKST (12:47 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 81 km S of McCarthy, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-02-16 12:47:27 UTC
Depth
1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.361° N, 142.773° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.894 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 227 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.0108 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 227 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.988 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 227 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.678 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 226 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.7100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 225 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.9107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 225 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.381 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.282 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.2122 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 223 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.6109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 222 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.7106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 222 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.699 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 221 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.5107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 221 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.595 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 221 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.7118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 220 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.6121 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 220 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.7118 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 219 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.795 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 218 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.2115 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 217 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.4106 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 217 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.4111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 217 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.7109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 217 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.1101 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 217 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.8124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 216 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.1136 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 215 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.6106 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 215 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.5100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 214 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.0119 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 214 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.3119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.6139 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 1.7119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.8105 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 213 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.7118 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 212 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.996 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 212 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.596 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 212 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.896 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 212 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 2.797 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 212 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.881 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 208 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.592 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 208 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.0121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 208 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.9120 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 208 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.9102 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 207 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.1116 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 207 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.9117 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 207 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.7102 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 206 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.6104 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 206 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.0100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 205 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.5131 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 205 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.994 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 203 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.7126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 203 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 203 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 3.349 km SW of McCarthy, Alaska · 198 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.1111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 198 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.2101 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 198 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.0121 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 197 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.6126 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 197 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.0104 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 196 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.8164 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 194 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.8138 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 194 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.0114 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 194 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.8114 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 229 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.6111 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 229 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.9102 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 230 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.7103 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 230 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.7115 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 230 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.8129 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 231 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.5107 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 233 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.6116 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 233 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.0126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 233 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.7110 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 233 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.8112 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 234 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.5100 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 235 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.6121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 236 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.6115 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 237 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.8130 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 238 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.7107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 239 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.3115 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 239 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.0119 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 239 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.194 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 240 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026dhkvvf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.