Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 56 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska on Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 3:23 PM AKDT (23:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 23 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-21 23:23:47 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.100° N, 156.439° 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
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.46ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.226147691444101 · 14 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 75.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024ardl7np (also filed as av93236841). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.