M1.5 earthquake 98 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 6:02 PM AKDT

UTC

2026-08-01 02:02:17 UTC

Depth

16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.564° N, 142.645° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

45°

Stations used

25

• Cordova, AlaskaPopulation 2,196. Forecast170 kmE
• Eagle River, AlaskaPopulation 24,793. Forecast383 kmE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast399 kmE

After

1. 1.5119 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Aug 5, 3:36 PM AKDT · 57 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
2. 1.5106 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Aug 7, 3:02 PM AKDT · 55 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.5115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Aug 9, 5:52 AM AKDT · 54 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.9132 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Aug 10, 5:34 AM AKDT · 53 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
5. 1.6136 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Aug 10, 8:17 AM AKDT · 53 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
6. 1.593 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Aug 11, 8:28 AM AKDT · 52 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
7. 1.9120 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Aug 16, 4:34 PM AKDT · 46 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
8. 1.9119 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Aug 16, 4:36 PM AKDT · 46 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
9. 3.5141 km ESE of Cordova, AlaskaSun, Aug 16, 6:11 PM AKDT · 46 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
10. 2.3137 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Aug 16, 6:20 PM AKDT · 46 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
11. 2.3120 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Aug 17, 5:39 AM AKDT · 46 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
12. 1.6110 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 5:20 AM AKDT · 36 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
13. 1.5128 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 9:10 AM AKDT · 36 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
14. 1.6101 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Aug 27, 8:59 PM AKDT · 35 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
15. 1.7106 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Aug 28, 1:16 PM AKDT · 34 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.698 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Aug 29, 1:32 AM AKDT · 34 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
17. 1.591 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Aug 30, 8:44 PM AKDT · 32 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
18. 1.9120 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Sep 1, 5:11 AM AKDT · 31 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
19. 1.5115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Sep 1, 8:31 AM AKDT · 31 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
20. 1.6103 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Sep 1, 7:24 PM AKDT · 30 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
21. 1.6115 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Sep 1, 10:42 PM AKDT · 30 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
22. 2.4102 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Sep 3, 3:29 AM AKDT · 29 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
23. 1.689 km E of Cordova, AlaskaSat, Sep 5, 3:30 PM AKDT · 26 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
24. 1.6122 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Sep 5, 4:32 PM AKDT · 26 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
25. 1.6121 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Sep 7, 12:15 AM AKDT · 25 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
26. 2.2108 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Sep 7, 6:07 PM AKDT · 24 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
27. 1.7112 km E of Cordova, AlaskaTue, Sep 8, 7:22 AM AKDT · 24 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
28. 1.8116 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Sep 11, 8:19 AM AKDT · 21 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
29. 1.5124 km E of Cordova, AlaskaMon, Sep 14, 10:14 PM AKDT · 17 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
30. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Sep 15, 4:36 AM AKDT · 17 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
31. 2.297 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Sep 16, 9:12 AM AKDT · 16 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
32. 2.1103 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 12:43 AM AKDT · 14 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
33. 1.7105 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 1:02 AM AKDT · 14 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
34. 2.3109 km E of Cordova, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 8:19 AM AKDT · 14 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
35. 2.2132 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Sep 18, 8:25 PM AKDT · 13 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
36. 1.7130 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Sep 19, 10:53 AM AKDT · 13 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
37. 2.3114 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Sep 20, 4:33 PM AKDT · 11 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
38. 1.8136 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Sep 21, 5:09 AM AKDT · 11 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
39. 1.695 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Sep 22, 7:38 AM AKDT · 10 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
40. 1.6130 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Sep 24, 9:22 AM AKDT · 8 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
41. 1.9125 km SSW of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Sep 24, 11:38 PM AKDT · 7 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
42. 1.7134 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Sep 28, 11:30 AM AKDT · 4 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away

Before

1. 1.6115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 29, 9:13 PM AKDT · 64 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
2. 1.7124 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 29, 2:51 PM AKDT · 64 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
3. 1.8126 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jul 29, 8:44 AM AKDT · 65 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
4. 1.997 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jul 27, 8:33 PM AKDT · 66 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.6114 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Jul 24, 11:23 AM AKDT · 70 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
6. 1.677 km S of Chitina, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 1:28 PM AKDT · 70 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
7. 1.5134 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:36 AM AKDT · 72 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
8. 2.2116 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Jul 20, 9:46 PM AKDT · 73 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
9. 1.7109 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jul 20, 4:12 AM AKDT · 74 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
10. 2.0106 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jul 18, 3:12 PM AKDT · 75 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
11. 2.9118 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jul 18, 12:38 AM AKDT · 76 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
12. 5.2122 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaThu, Jul 16, 3:37 AM AKDT · 78 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11
13. 1.8100 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jul 16, 1:10 AM AKDT · 78 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
14. 3.5100 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 15, 6:51 PM AKDT · 78 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
15. 1.9105 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 15, 12:27 PM AKDT · 79 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
16. 2.9107 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 15, 10:56 AM AKDT · 79 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
17. 3.2106 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 15, 9:17 AM AKDT · 79 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
18. 1.6104 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Jul 13, 1:42 PM AKDT · 80 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
19. 1.6119 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jul 9, 3:28 PM AKDT · 84 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
20. 1.5122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jul 8, 5:18 AM AKDT · 86 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026pbssnl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.