M1.6 earthquake 137 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Mar 27, 2026, 9:33 PM AKDT

UTC

2026-03-28 05:33:07 UTC

Depth

7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.287° N, 142.009° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

64°

Stations used

25

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast151 kmNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast384 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast441 kmE

After

1. 1.9114 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 10:34 PM AKDT · 187 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
2. 1.5130 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 7:24 AM AKDT · 187 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
3. 2.5135 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 10:18 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
4. 1.8133 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 10:25 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
5. 2.2134 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 10:28 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
6. 2.0131 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 10:33 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
7. 1.9134 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Mar 28, 11:05 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
8. 1.8134 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Mar 29, 12:50 AM AKDT · 186 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
9. 1.592 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Mar 29, 7:56 AM AKDT · 186 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.5133 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Mar 29, 9:24 AM AKDT · 186 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
11. 2.1133 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Mar 29, 3:07 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
12. 1.6133 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Mar 29, 3:19 PM AKDT · 186 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
13. 1.8112 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Mar 30, 7:28 AM AKDT · 185 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
14. 1.599 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Mar 30, 5:24 PM AKDT · 185 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
15. 2.092 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Mar 31, 1:43 PM AKDT · 184 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
16. 1.963 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Mar 31, 1:57 PM AKDT · 184 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
17. 1.7113 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Mar 31, 4:30 PM AKDT · 184 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
18. 1.869 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Mar 31, 6:02 PM AKDT · 184 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
19. 1.6126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 2, 1:08 AM AKDT · 182 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
20. 1.792 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Apr 3, 7:03 AM AKDT · 181 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
21. 1.6126 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 3, 8:41 AM AKDT · 181 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
22. 1.5126 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 3, 9:24 AM AKDT · 181 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
23. 1.6126 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 3, 10:45 AM AKDT · 181 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
24. 1.7130 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 3, 11:35 AM AKDT · 181 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
25. 1.897 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 4, 1:27 AM AKDT · 180 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
26. 1.7115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 4, 8:43 AM AKDT · 180 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
27. 1.6133 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Apr 5, 4:29 AM AKDT · 179 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
28. 1.866 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 6, 4:52 AM AKDT · 178 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
29. 1.7122 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 6, 9:33 AM AKDT · 178 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
30. 1.7133 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Apr 8, 10:48 AM AKDT · 176 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
31. 2.084 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 8, 6:24 PM AKDT · 175 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
32. 1.8116 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 9, 9:45 PM AKDT · 174 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
33. 1.791 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 11, 10:00 PM AKDT · 172 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
34. 2.9108 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 13, 12:24 AM AKDT · 171 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
35. 1.7106 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 13, 3:24 AM AKDT · 171 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
36. 1.6104 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 13, 8:05 AM AKDT · 171 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
37. 2.4106 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 13, 8:16 AM AKDT · 171 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
38. 1.876 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 14, 6:31 AM AKDT · 170 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
39. 2.2107 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 15, 11:39 PM AKDT · 168 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
40. 1.6105 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 16, 1:09 AM AKDT · 168 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
41. 1.5105 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 16, 6:47 AM AKDT · 168 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
42. 1.8136 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 9:19 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
43. 1.9126 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 10:16 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
44. 1.8115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 1:29 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
45. 1.883 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 3:30 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
46. 1.796 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 6:21 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
47. 2.5139 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 12:38 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
48. 1.5112 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 6:21 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
49. 2.161 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 9:06 AM AKDT · 163 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
50. 2.0115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 4:53 PM AKDT · 163 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
51. 2.1111 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 6:16 AM AKDT · 161 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
52. 1.998 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 7:20 AM AKDT · 161 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
53. 1.984 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 8:03 AM AKDT · 160 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
54. 1.7102 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 25, 11:28 AM AKDT · 159 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
55. 1.775 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 25, 6:10 PM AKDT · 159 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
56. 2.4119 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 26, 2:58 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
57. 1.696 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 26, 4:25 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
58. 1.6155 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaWed, Apr 29, 2:58 PM AKDT · 155 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
59. 1.6123 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Apr 30, 12:16 AM AKDT · 154 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
60. 1.899 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 30, 2:01 AM AKDT · 154 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

1. 1.798 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 12:39 PM AKDT · 188 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
2. 1.7104 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 11:53 AM AKDT · 188 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
3. 1.6102 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 9:38 AM AKDT · 188 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
4. 1.5100 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 7:30 AM AKDT · 188 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
5. 1.687 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 5:21 AM AKDT · 188 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
6. 1.7135 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Mar 27, 1:24 AM AKDT · 188 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
7. 1.5113 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Mar 26, 7:31 PM AKDT · 188 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
8. 1.6134 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaThu, Mar 26, 3:58 PM AKDT · 189 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
9. 1.7117 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Mar 26, 10:11 AM AKDT · 189 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
10. 1.5122 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Mar 24, 2:56 PM AKDT · 191 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
11. 1.684 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Mar 23, 10:20 AM AKDT · 192 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
12. 1.5113 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Mar 23, 10:03 AM AKDT · 192 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
13. 1.5122 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Mar 23, 6:14 AM AKDT · 192 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
14. 1.7124 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Mar 23, 5:19 AM AKDT · 192 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
15. 1.8133 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Mar 22, 5:00 PM AKDT · 193 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
16. 2.4136 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Mar 22, 4:56 PM AKDT · 193 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
17. 2.179 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Mar 22, 8:59 AM AKDT · 193 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
18. 2.0114 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Mar 22, 1:16 AM AKDT · 193 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
19. 1.8138 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Mar 21, 10:46 PM AKDT · 193 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
20. 1.996 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Mar 21, 5:49 PM AKDT · 194 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026gchmtc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.