Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 93 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 93 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 22, 2024, 8:44 AM AKDT (16:44 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 142 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-22 16:44:33 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.014° N, 163.412° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 859 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.8132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 859 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.551 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 858 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.4131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 858 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.3102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 856 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.9159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 855 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.2106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 855 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.2107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 855 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 855 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 854 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.0111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 854 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 854 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.0117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 854 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.7112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 853 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 853 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.7108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 853 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.592 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 853 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.555 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 853 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.6103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 852 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 852 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.590 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 852 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 852 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.1109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 851 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 851 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 1.967 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 850 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.668 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 850 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.718 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 850 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.652 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 849 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.057 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 849 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.644 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 849 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.4156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 849 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.971 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 849 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 849 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 2.661 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 848 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 847 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 847 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 845 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.0106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 845 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 3.4122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 845 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 2.064 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 845 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.797 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 844 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.998 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 844 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.749 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 3.8142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 4.0147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.9151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 3.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.294 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 842 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 4.1148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 842 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.4163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.8104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 841 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 2.137 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 841 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 862 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 862 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.7105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 862 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.4153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 862 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 863 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.939 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.946 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.082 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 865 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 865 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.6115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 866 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.628 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 866 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.597 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 868 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.746 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 869 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 869 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.575 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 870 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.641 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 871 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.2140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 871 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.073 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 871 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.152 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 871 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.161 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 872 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away

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