Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Feb 22, 2024, 7:29 PM AKST (04:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-23 04:29:15 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.700° N, 164.084° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
226°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.7153 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 950 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.523 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 949 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.4150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.137 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 947 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.952 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.330 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 944 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 943 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.8163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 942 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.035 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 942 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.8109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 942 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 940 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.499 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.192 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.5107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 939 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.3113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 939 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 2.089 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 939 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.982 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 939 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 4.6151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.549 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 937 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.879 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 937 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 937 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 3.3150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 937 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 3.7145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 937 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 937 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 936 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 935 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 935 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.579 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 935 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.370 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 934 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.364 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 934 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.6111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 933 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.276 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 932 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.5158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.375 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 930 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.899 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 930 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 929 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.2149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 929 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.3178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 929 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.5135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.1107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.1110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.1128 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 928 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 2.6150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.3149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 928 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.895 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 925 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.846 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 924 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.969 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.342 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 4.6156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.8162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 923 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 2.180 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 951 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.288 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 953 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.675 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 954 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 956 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.172 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.373 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 959 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 961 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 962 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.376 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 964 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mik2 (also filed as ak0242hdkq20). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:53 PM UTC.