Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 98 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 98 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 2:39 PM AKDT (22:39 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-06 22:39:11 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.010° N, 162.979° 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
34

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 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.634 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.9101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 786 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.639 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.772 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.6101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.636 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.5104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 781 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.096 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.729 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.889 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.8145 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 779 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.5160 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.9160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.597 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.084 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 2.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 2.2134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 3.1151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 3.2151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.690 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.8138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 772 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.5107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.1116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 771 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 770 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 770 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 770 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 769 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.760 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 769 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 768 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 767 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 767 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  56. 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.9152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

  1. 2.031 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.0158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.740 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.6167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 787 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 787 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 787 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 3.0157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 789 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.1161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 789 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 789 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.855 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 789 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.5160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.0158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 791 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.843 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 791 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.1129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 791 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.6148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 791 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.898 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 791 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away

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