Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 48 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 48 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 12:11 AM AKDT (08:11 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-10-27 08:11:44 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.254° N, 165.057° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.479 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 700 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.388 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 700 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 699 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.598 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 697 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.989 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 696 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.341 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 696 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 695 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.0107 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 694 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.787 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 694 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.983 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 693 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 3.275 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 693 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.941 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 693 days ago · 112 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.987 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 693 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.168 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 692 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.5122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 691 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 690 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.273 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 689 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.5116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 689 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 3.0109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.273 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 687 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.989 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.857 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.651 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 687 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.678 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.182 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 3.089 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.290 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.981 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 685 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.630 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 685 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.030 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 685 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.882 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 685 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 3.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 683 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.332 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.386 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.392 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.439 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 679 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 679 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.893 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 677 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.868 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.168 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 676 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.643 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 675 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.084 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 2.077 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 3.193 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.868 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 673 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 2.948 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 671 days ago · 140 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.812 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 670 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 3.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 669 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.758 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 669 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.028 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.611 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 667 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 2.230 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 702 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.975 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 703 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.591 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 703 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 704 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.599 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 704 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.197 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 704 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.453 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 705 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.013 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 706 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.814 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 706 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.079 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 707 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 707 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.217 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 709 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.893 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 709 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 3.625 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 709 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.088 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.231 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 710 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.2116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 711 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 3.3111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 711 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.5100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 711 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024dtxldtm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.