Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 15 km W of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km W of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, May 14, 2024, 5:07 PM AKDT (01:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 87 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-15 01:07:38 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.116° N, 166.010° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.7ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.223907013897603 · 14 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.523 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 869 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.546 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 867 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.627 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 867 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.840 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 867 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 867 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.143 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 867 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.222 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 866 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.290 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.289 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.984 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.176 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.836 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.546 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 862 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.049 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 862 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.758 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.432 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 859 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.846 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 858 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.746 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 858 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.648 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 858 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.648 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 81 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.567 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 857 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.75 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 856 days ago · 107 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.081 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 855 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.86 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 855 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.967 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 854 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.670 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 854 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.744 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 853 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.616 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 853 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 1.822 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 853 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.784 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 851 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.889 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 851 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.854 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 849 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 3.119 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 848 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 848 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.729 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 848 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.827 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 848 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 1.829 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 848 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.550 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 847 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.647 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 846 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.061 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 845 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.348 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 845 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 844 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.766 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.054 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 843 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 1.574 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 843 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 3.419 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 842 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.281 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 840 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.946 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 840 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 1.756 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 839 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.147 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 838 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.839 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 838 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 3.479 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 837 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 3.378 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 836 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.852 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 835 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.874 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 835 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.626 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 833 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.749 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 833 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 1.916 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.815 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 876 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.922 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 876 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.986 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 877 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.045 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 877 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.849 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 878 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.979 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.079 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 879 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.94 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.666 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 879 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.981 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 879 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.216 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 879 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.033 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.743 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.814 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 880 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.96 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 881 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 3.036 km WNW of Akutan, Alaska · 881 days ago · 189 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 3.383 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 884 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02468xq7vb (also filed as av93126751). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.