Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 37 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 37 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, May 2, 2024, 9:25 AM AKDT (17:25 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 67 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-02 17:25:06 UTC
Depth
72.8 km (45.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.812° N, 165.962° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 122.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mxvh (also filed as ak0245npdfj5). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.