M1.6 earthquake 153 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 7:08 AM AKDT

UTC

2026-04-18 15:08:56 UTC

Depth

8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

61.164° N, 140.120° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.5 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

128°

Stations used

11

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast181 kmN
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast278 kmWNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast524 kmE

After

1. 1.898 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 8:30 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
2. 1.7107 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 8:45 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
3. 1.7114 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 9:16 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
4. 2.0116 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 9:39 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
5. 1.7111 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 10:21 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
6. 1.9102 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 1:26 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
7. 1.7104 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 2:03 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
8. 1.6156 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 2:54 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
9. 1.893 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 5:53 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.7124 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 10:18 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
11. 1.6105 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 10:33 PM AKDT · 166 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
12. 1.7110 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 12:26 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
13. 2.9105 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 4:50 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
14. 2.3111 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 5:41 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
15. 1.7107 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 5:44 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
16. 1.7103 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 5:53 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
17. 1.791 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 8:36 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
18. 1.6100 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 9:00 AM AKDT · 165 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
19. 1.8104 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 7:34 PM AKDT · 165 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
20. 1.9112 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 10:33 PM AKDT · 165 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
21. 2.0111 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Apr 19, 11:33 PM AKDT · 164 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
22. 3.0116 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 12:25 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
23. 3.0109 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 12:27 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
24. 2.1106 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 5:49 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
25. 2.0109 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 6:09 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
26. 2.1108 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 6:53 AM AKDT · 164 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
27. 1.9111 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 1:11 PM AKDT · 164 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
28. 1.792 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 2:23 PM AKDT · 164 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
29. 1.7153 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 4:05 PM AKDT · 164 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
30. 1.7114 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Apr 20, 9:20 PM AKDT · 164 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
31. 1.8115 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 1:07 AM AKDT · 163 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
32. 1.7102 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 1:35 AM AKDT · 163 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
33. 1.6134 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 9:24 AM AKDT · 163 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
34. 1.899 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 10:06 AM AKDT · 163 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
35. 1.6108 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 5:34 PM AKDT · 163 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
36. 1.6103 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 6:00 PM AKDT · 163 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
37. 1.7113 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 8:24 PM AKDT · 163 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
38. 1.7108 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Apr 21, 8:36 PM AKDT · 163 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
39. 1.6114 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 1:45 AM AKDT · 162 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
40. 1.697 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 4:20 AM AKDT · 162 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
41. 1.5107 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 8:35 AM AKDT · 162 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
42. 1.696 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 9:40 AM AKDT · 162 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
43. 1.996 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 9:42 AM AKDT · 162 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
44. 1.5158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 2:46 PM AKDT · 162 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
45. 1.6101 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 3:28 PM AKDT · 162 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
46. 1.5134 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Apr 22, 8:22 PM AKDT · 162 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
47. 1.693 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 1:53 AM AKDT · 161 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
48. 1.6117 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 4:13 AM AKDT · 161 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
49. 1.5135 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 4:47 AM AKDT · 161 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
50. 1.9110 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 5:24 PM AKDT · 161 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
51. 1.8107 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 23, 7:40 PM AKDT · 161 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
52. 1.8110 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 12:11 AM AKDT · 160 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
53. 1.6103 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 1:25 AM AKDT · 160 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
54. 1.890 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 8:58 AM AKDT · 160 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
55. 1.8112 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 4:08 PM AKDT · 160 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
56. 1.9104 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 4:47 PM AKDT · 160 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
57. 1.8111 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 24, 10:04 PM AKDT · 160 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
58. 1.8106 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 25, 3:29 AM AKDT · 159 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
59. 2.4111 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 25, 4:56 AM AKDT · 159 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
60. 1.8108 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 25, 5:14 AM AKDT · 159 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 1.6123 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 6:45 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
2. 1.8103 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 4:52 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
3. 1.699 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 2:25 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
4. 2.4109 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 12:47 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
5. 2.0101 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Apr 18, 12:12 AM AKDT · 166 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
6. 1.7102 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 10:13 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
7. 1.9115 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 8:29 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
8. 1.9115 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 6:46 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
9. 1.9109 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 3:44 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
10. 2.0100 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 11:09 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
11. 1.895 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 10:07 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.0115 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 8:18 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
13. 1.997 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 6:28 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
14. 2.0110 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 5:33 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
15. 1.8104 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 3:36 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
16. 1.8103 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 2:22 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
17. 2.8106 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 1:57 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
18. 1.9105 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 1:26 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
19. 1.6109 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Apr 17, 12:33 AM AKDT · 167 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
20. 1.7110 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Apr 16, 11:26 PM AKDT · 167 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026hpovko. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.