Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jan 12, 2024, 7:51 AM AKST (16:51 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 151 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-12 16:51:53 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.748° N, 163.889° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.7158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.942 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 988 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.9143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.058 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.5119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.7149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 985 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.870 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 985 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.287 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 985 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.184 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 985 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 3.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 985 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.047 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 983 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.9100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.4105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 981 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.834 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 979 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 978 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 978 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 978 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.3111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.648 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 976 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.555 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.295 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 975 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.249 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 975 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.3138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 975 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 2.637 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.859 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 972 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.857 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 972 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.2137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 3.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 971 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.997 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 969 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.333 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 968 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.584 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.258 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.245 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 964 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.772 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 964 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.9111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 963 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.238 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 963 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.828 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 991 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 991 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.177 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 991 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.0104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 992 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.160 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 993 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.483 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 995 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 996 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 3.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 999 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.1109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.945 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.035 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 3.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.581 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 1.874 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 3.593 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.785 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.092 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024k4a59z. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.