Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 46 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, May 14, 2024, 3:33 AM AKDT (11:33 UTC), 5 km (3 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
2024-05-14 11:33:48 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.743° N, 164.109° 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
1.32ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.256517358130264 · 8 stations

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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.597 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 873 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.628 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 871 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.237 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 870 days ago · 146 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 870 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.082 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 870 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.946 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 869 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.939 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 868 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.143 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 868 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 866 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 866 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.616 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 865 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 865 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.5102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.551 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 863 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.3102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 861 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.691 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 860 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 859 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 859 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.022 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 859 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.592 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 857 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.555 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 857 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 856 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 855 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.967 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 855 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.668 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 855 days ago · 54 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.718 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 855 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.741 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 855 days ago · 154 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.652 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 854 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 1.644 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 854 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.971 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 854 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 854 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 853 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.661 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 853 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 853 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 851 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.691 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 851 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 850 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.0106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 850 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.064 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 849 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 1.829 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 849 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.749 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.294 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 847 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 846 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.137 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 846 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.2104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 846 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.088 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 845 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 2.388 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 845 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.932 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 844 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 844 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.7107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.544 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 3.541 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.738 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 1.933 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.831 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 1.839 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.632 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 2.054 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 874 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 874 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.641 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 875 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.073 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 876 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.981 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 881 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.990 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 884 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.534 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.053 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.735 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.086 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.015 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 887 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away

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