Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 175 km SE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 175 km SE of Chignik, Alaska on Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 3:24 PM AKDT (23:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 201 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-10 23:24:42 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.116° N, 156.555° 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
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0180 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 749 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.5201 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 747 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 3.2199 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.4201 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 746 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.786 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.5196 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 732 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.8256 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 731 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.5165 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 729 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.3212 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 719 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.3224 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 719 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.4143 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 715 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 3.3195 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.7207 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 714 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.2110 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 3.9174 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.9190 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.6152 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 700 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.6217 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 696 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 2.0113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.6128 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 752 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.6199 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 760 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.7186 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.1202 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.3162 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.3214 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 770 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.8216 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 773 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.592 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 778 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.889 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 779 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024bogcctq (also filed as us6000nzgd). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC.