Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 123 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Fri, May 3, 2024, 1:20 PM AKDT (21:20 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 187 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-03 21:20:45 UTC
Depth
35.3 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.328° N, 164.482° 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
3.5mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.12 · 17 stations
3.2ML, 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 3.4 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
214°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 882 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.1140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 882 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.7131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 882 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.990 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 881 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.9139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 881 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.7118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 880 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 5.2187 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.4137 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.9106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.8110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 3.2109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.0195 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.743 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.033 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.981 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.666 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.079 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.979 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.9145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 3.1146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.2121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 876 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.986 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 876 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.8216 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 875 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.7133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.597 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 870 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.2105 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 870 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 2.6115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 868 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 3.1142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 867 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.546 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.840 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.143 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 2.4153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.290 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.7105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 3.289 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.984 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.176 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 863 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 1.836 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 862 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 4.3138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 862 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 2.7139 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 862 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 2.5102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 862 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 4.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 861 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.4131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 861 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.992 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.3102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 859 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.758 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.432 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 858 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.9159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 857 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.2106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 857 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.2107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 857 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 2.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 857 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 856 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.0111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 856 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 3.383 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 882 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 883 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.053 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 883 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.076 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 884 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.6121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.177 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 41 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.6106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.2125 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 886 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.2144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 886 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.7141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 886 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.9140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 887 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.0138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 887 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 3.0151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 888 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.069 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 888 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 889 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.3148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 889 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away

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