Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 38 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 38 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska on Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 10:00 PM AKDT (06:00 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 83 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-22 06:00:55 UTC
Depth
74.1 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.842° N, 162.793° 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.

Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.047 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 740 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 740 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.641 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 740 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.928 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.747 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 738 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 738 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.928 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 738 days ago · 170 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.255 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 737 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.941 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 737 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.270 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.79 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 735 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 735 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.091 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 735 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 734 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 734 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.912 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 733 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 732 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.986 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 731 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.076 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 731 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 731 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.673 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 731 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.623 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 730 days ago · 175 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 730 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.24 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 730 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.161 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 4.383 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 728 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 3.880 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 727 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.977 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 727 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 727 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.258 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 727 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.846 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 727 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 727 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.154 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 726 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.679 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 725 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 724 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.822 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 723 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.859 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 723 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.542 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 722 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 3.153 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 720 days ago · 158 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.896 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 720 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.651 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 720 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 2.617 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 718 days ago · 142 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.665 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 717 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.761 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 716 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.070 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 716 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 1.938 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 716 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 3.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 715 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 715 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.756 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 715 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 4.315 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 714 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.246 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 714 days ago · 85 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 1.952 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 1.647 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 713 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.55 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.644 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 711 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 711 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 1.648 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 741 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.21 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 741 days ago · 155 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 742 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.558 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 742 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.649 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 742 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.078 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 743 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.173 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 743 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.674 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 744 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.964 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 744 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.283 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 744 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 744 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.137 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 744 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.732 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 746 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 746 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 746 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.031 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 746 days ago · 162 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.065 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 746 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.945 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 747 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.83 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 748 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.736 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 749 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024c80j1et. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC.