Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 32 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 32 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 7:42 AM AKDT (15:42 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 37 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-13 15:42:02 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.571° N, 163.560° 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
1.7ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.91ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.314193618106645 · 7 stations

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.846 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 900 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 899 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 3.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 898 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.7115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 898 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.030 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 898 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.835 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 897 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 896 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.055 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 896 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 895 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.185 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 895 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.5104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 895 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.954 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 894 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 894 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 894 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.683 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 894 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.639 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 893 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 892 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 891 days ago · 84 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.435 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 891 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.263 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 891 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.211 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 890 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 890 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.087 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 889 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.1116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 889 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.226 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 2.246 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.944 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 1.745 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 1.645 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.0105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.6106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 884 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.177 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 884 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 2.034 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 884 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 884 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.015 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.086 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 1.735 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 1.534 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 881 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 1.990 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 880 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 880 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.7118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 878 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 1.981 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.192 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 876 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 875 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.2121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 875 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 875 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.123 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 874 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 3.161 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 873 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.152 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 872 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

  1. 2.388 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 902 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.832 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 902 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 903 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 903 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.656 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 903 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.934 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 903 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.884 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 904 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.685 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 904 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.781 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.730 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 92 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.127 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.247 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 908 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 3.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 909 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.833 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 909 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.028 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 909 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.594 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 914 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.064 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 914 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.928 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 914 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away

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