M1.5 earthquake 125 km E of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, May 23, 2026, 9:43 AM AKDT

UTC

2026-05-23 17:43:49 UTC

Depth

8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

61.493° N, 140.564° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.4 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Station coverage gap

96°

Stations used

15

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast221 kmNNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast308 kmWNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast498 kmE

After

1. 1.6105 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 24, 2:40 AM AKDT · 134 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.6140 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 24, 9:57 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
3. 1.5140 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 24, 10:21 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
4. 1.5103 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, May 25, 1:46 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
5. 1.883 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, May 27, 11:23 AM AKDT · 131 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.7137 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, May 27, 11:43 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
7. 1.7152 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, May 28, 6:46 AM AKDT · 130 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
8. 1.6145 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, May 29, 10:31 PM AKDT · 128 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
9. 1.7159 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, May 30, 5:07 AM AKDT · 128 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
10. 2.6154 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 31, 5:24 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
11. 1.5141 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 31, 5:34 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
12. 1.8159 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 31, 7:30 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
13. 1.7144 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 5:32 PM AKDT · 125 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
14. 1.6138 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jun 2, 5:54 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.1160 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jun 3, 4:19 AM AKDT · 124 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
16. 3.0128 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 3, 5:33 AM AKDT · 124 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
17. 1.6160 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jun 3, 4:33 PM AKDT · 123 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
18. 2.0156 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jun 3, 5:16 PM AKDT · 123 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.5155 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 12:22 AM AKDT · 123 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
20. 1.5141 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 6:29 AM AKDT · 123 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
21. 2.4146 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 7:03 AM AKDT · 123 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
22. 2.0157 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jun 5, 6:44 AM AKDT · 122 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
23. 1.5129 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jun 6, 7:49 AM AKDT · 121 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
24. 1.7156 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 2:40 PM AKDT · 119 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
25. 1.9154 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 9:17 PM AKDT · 119 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
26. 1.7155 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 6:48 PM AKDT · 118 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
27. 1.9158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 2:12 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
28. 1.6104 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 9:00 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
29. 1.6158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jun 11, 3:49 PM AKDT · 115 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
30. 1.6142 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jun 12, 12:00 PM AKDT · 115 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
31. 2.0158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jun 13, 5:16 PM AKDT · 113 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
32. 2.5146 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jun 20, 12:34 AM AKDT · 107 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
33. 2.1127 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Jun 20, 10:07 PM AKDT · 106 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
34. 3.0144 km SSE of Alcan Border, AlaskaSun, Jun 21, 6:47 PM AKDT · 105 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
35. 2.0140 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jun 24, 7:56 AM AKDT · 103 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
36. 1.5141 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jun 26, 12:16 AM AKDT · 101 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
37. 1.6120 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jun 29, 9:46 AM AKDT · 98 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
38. 2.489 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jul 3, 10:20 PM AKDT · 93 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
39. 1.9150 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jul 5, 5:37 PM AKDT · 91 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
40. 1.8134 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jul 6, 3:12 PM AKDT · 90 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
41. 1.690 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jul 7, 2:16 AM AKDT · 90 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
42. 1.5148 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jul 7, 11:14 PM AKDT · 89 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
43. 2.491 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jul 8, 1:18 AM AKDT · 89 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
44. 2.2156 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jul 9, 12:36 AM AKDT · 88 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
45. 1.590 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jul 9, 10:22 AM AKDT · 88 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
46. 1.589 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jul 10, 4:03 AM AKDT · 87 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
47. 1.581 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jul 16, 4:36 PM AKDT · 80 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
48. 1.689 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Jul 19, 8:18 PM AKDT · 77 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
49. 2.6148 km SSE of Alcan Border, AlaskaTue, Jul 21, 2:18 AM AKDT · 76 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
50. 1.690 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Jul 21, 6:28 PM AKDT · 75 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away

Before

1. 1.892 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, May 22, 9:19 PM AKDT · 135 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
2. 1.7160 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, May 22, 8:41 PM AKDT · 135 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
3. 2.7159 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, May 19, 9:42 AM AKDT · 139 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
4. 1.9161 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, May 19, 9:27 AM AKDT · 139 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
5. 1.7160 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, May 19, 6:45 AM AKDT · 139 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
6. 1.6161 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, May 18, 11:22 PM AKDT · 139 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
7. 2.0161 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, May 18, 10:37 PM AKDT · 139 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
8. 1.8161 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, May 18, 2:46 PM AKDT · 139 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
9. 1.6116 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, May 17, 2:03 AM AKDT · 141 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
10. 1.581 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, May 16, 4:01 PM AKDT · 141 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
11. 1.6158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, May 15, 9:41 PM AKDT · 142 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
12. 1.6127 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, May 13, 12:10 AM AKDT · 145 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
13. 2.1158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, May 12, 7:36 AM AKDT · 146 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
14. 1.563 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, May 11, 6:48 AM AKDT · 147 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
15. 1.7144 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, May 9, 12:01 AM AKDT · 149 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
16. 1.682 km ENE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, May 8, 8:25 AM AKDT · 150 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
17. 2.2156 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, May 7, 11:23 AM AKDT · 151 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
18. 2.3158 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, May 7, 9:37 AM AKDT · 151 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
19. 2.8153 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, May 7, 8:45 AM AKDT · 151 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
20. 1.9135 km E of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, May 7, 5:12 AM AKDT · 151 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026kdqpdw. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC.