Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 23 km E of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 23 km E of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 7:33 PM AKST (04:33 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 97 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-25 04:33:03 UTC
Depth
85.4 km (53.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.135° N, 165.408° 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
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 10.2 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.114 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 949 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.973 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.732 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 948 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.137 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 947 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.690 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 947 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.46 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 946 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.952 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.022 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 946 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.258 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 945 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.330 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 944 days ago · 98 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 944 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 943 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.035 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 942 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.8109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 942 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.642 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 941 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.88 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 941 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.631 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 941 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.192 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.5107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 940 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.3113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 940 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.99 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 939 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.089 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 939 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.939 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 939 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.879 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 938 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 937 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 937 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.959 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 936 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.772 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 936 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.120 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 936 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.579 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 935 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.370 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 935 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.364 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 934 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 2.187 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 933 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.749 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 932 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.829 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 931 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.375 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 930 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.815 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 930 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.143 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 929 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.53 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 926 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.895 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 926 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.18 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 926 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 925 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.846 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 925 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 2.969 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 924 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.342 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 69 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.391 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 922 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.851 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.676 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 4.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 920 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.731 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 919 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 1.528 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 919 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.854 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 918 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.916 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 918 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 917 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.890 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 916 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 3.671 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 915 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 2.967 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 914 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.530 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 949 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.815 km WNW of Akutan, Alaska · 949 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.615 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 949 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.915 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 951 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.821 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 951 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.180 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 952 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.910 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.288 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 953 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.581 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 953 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.06 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 955 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.675 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 955 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.871 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 955 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.069 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 956 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.854 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 956 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 956 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 3.090 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.373 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 959 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away

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