Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 42 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 42 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Aug 13, 2024, 7:00 AM AKDT (15:00 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-13 15:00:19 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.627° N, 162.882° 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
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.597 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.084 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.720 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 771 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.690 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.5107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 770 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.816 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 171 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 767 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.126 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 158 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.760 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 767 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 766 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 765 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.74 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 763 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 763 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 3.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  32. 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 761 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.161 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 760 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 1.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 760 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 3.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 759 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.135 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 2.986 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 758 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 757 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.0113 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 2.176 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 757 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 3.38 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 756 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.788 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 756 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.153 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.757 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.960 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 2.380 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 754 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.074 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 754 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 753 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 752 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 94 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.889 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 778 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.677 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 778 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.729 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.749 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.910 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.55 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.636 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.995 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.772 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.639 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.634 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.870 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024ae0dzpk. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.