M1.7 earthquake 40 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 8:32 AM AKDT (16:32 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-06 16:32:50 UTC
- Depth
- 61.2 km (38.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.662° N, 162.869° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.668 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.031 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.870 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.634 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.639 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.772 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.995 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.636 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.55 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 781 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.910 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.749 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.677 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 777 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.889 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.597 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.084 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.720 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.816 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 171 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 767 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.126 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 158 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 765 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 763 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 762 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 145.
Before
- 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 785 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.588 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.574 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 788 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 788 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.843 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 788 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.898 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 788 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.731 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.042 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.155 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.773 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 791 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.051 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 791 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 792 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.077 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 792 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.197 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 792 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
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