Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 16 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska on Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 10:14 PM AKDT (06:14 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 10:14 PM AKDT
UTC: 2024-08-22 06:14:20 UTC
Depth: 171.3 km (106.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.182° N, 162.986° 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 14.6 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 173°
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast45 kmWNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 66.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ngvm (also filed as ak024asqy79r). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.