Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 85 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 85 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Dec 1, 2024, 3:00 AM AKST (12:00 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 29 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-01 12:00:03 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.536° N, 164.656° 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
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.12ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.121231270722429 · 11 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
27

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 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.357 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 669 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.942 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 669 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.0118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.999 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.055 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 664 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.052 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 663 days ago · 147 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.892 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 663 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 662 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 661 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.185 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 660 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 660 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.655 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 660 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 658 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.270 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 658 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.1110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.832 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 657 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.8126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 656 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 3.4119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 656 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 3.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 656 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.0121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 656 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.5120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 655 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.397 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 655 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.225 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 654 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.781 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 654 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 3.729 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 653 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.259 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 653 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.695 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 653 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.4102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 653 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.037 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 652 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 652 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 1.933 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 652 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.694 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.255 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 651 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.296 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 651 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 119 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 2.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.591 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.156 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 649 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 646 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 646 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 2.728 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 646 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.190 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 645 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 2.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 645 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.384 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 643 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 641 days ago · 136 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 640 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.380 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 640 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 640 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 2.028 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 670 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.788 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.758 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 672 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 672 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 673 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.948 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 674 days ago · 140 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 675 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.193 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 676 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.084 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 677 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.876 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.868 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 680 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.08 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 680 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 681 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.439 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.392 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 681 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024ffvptki (also filed as av93385893). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC.