Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 159 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 6:37 AM AKST (15:37 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 105 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
2024-12-02 15:37:50 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.428° N, 163.598° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.185 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.695 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.8220 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.9213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.999 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.3103 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.294 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.7161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.7146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 665 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 665 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 665 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.9198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 665 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.2113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 664 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.2146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 663 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 663 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 663 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.892 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 662 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.696 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 662 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 3.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 662 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 3.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 662 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 661 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 3.3103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 661 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 3.185 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 660 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 3.9213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 659 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 3.3231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 659 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.6138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.270 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 657 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 3.1110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 657 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.4121 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 656 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.8126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 655 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 3.4119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 655 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 3.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 655 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 3.0121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 655 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 2.5120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 655 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 2.397 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 654 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.492 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 654 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.7100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 654 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.695 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 652 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.4102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 652 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.698 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.694 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.7100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 3.0101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.296 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 650 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.885 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 2.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.591 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 649 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.992 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 649 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 3.0219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 648 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 3.1235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 647 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 3.2117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 2.190 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.582 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 644 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.382 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 642 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.384 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 642 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.0210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 2.0118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 667 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.5161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.7155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 3.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.7160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 3.1159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 4.4164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.788 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 670 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.4107 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 670 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.2233 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 670 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 3.4105 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 672 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 672 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.3100 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.5100 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 674 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.193 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 675 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.1223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 675 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away

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