Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Aug 22, 2024, 6:22 PM AKDT (02:22 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 162 km S of False Pass, 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
2024-08-23 02:22:55 UTC
Depth
51.3 km (31.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.865° N, 164.255° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.573 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 770 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 770 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.575 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 769 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.644 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 769 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 768 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.873 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 766 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 766 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 765 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.172 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.679 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.8112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.280 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.072 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 763 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.161 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.288 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 763 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.8175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.986 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 2.2109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 760 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 2.1125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 760 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.176 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 759 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 759 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 1.547 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 759 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.757 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 3.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 757 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 756 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.977 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 756 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.796 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 756 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.380 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 3.493 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.077 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.933 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.564 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.184 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 754 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.9137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 754 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 753 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 2.079 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 753 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 2.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 752 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 3.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 751 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.785 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 751 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 750 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 750 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 1.863 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 749 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.0149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 749 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.186 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 748 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.369 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 746 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 771 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.1155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 771 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 771 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 771 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.1116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 771 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.786 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 772 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 773 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.8138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 79 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.170 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 776 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.2134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.136 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 777 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.995 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 779 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.9160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.8145 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 780 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away

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