Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 7:27 AM AKDT (15:27 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-12 15:27:09 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.575° N, 163.505° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.889 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 94 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.597 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 775 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.084 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 775 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 771 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.786 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 770 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.1116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 770 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.816 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 171 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 769 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 769 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 767 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 767 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 767 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 766 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 766 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 766 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.74 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 765 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 763 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.161 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 1.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 761 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 760 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.135 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 2.986 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 759 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 2.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 759 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.2109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 759 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.0113 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.176 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 1.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 758 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.38 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 758 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.153 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 135 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.757 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 2.960 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 2.074 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 755 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 754 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.796 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 753 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 752 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 752 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 751 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 748 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.729 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 779 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.096 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.910 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 103 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.55 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.636 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.6101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.772 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.639 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 784 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.634 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.031 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.740 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 788 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024acd0eae (also filed as av93228281, av93018234). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC.