Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 47 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Feb 15, 2024, 7:52 PM AKST (04:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 90 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-16 04:52:04 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.755° N, 164.130° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
293°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.651 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.172 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.675 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 952 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.633 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.627 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 952 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.288 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.553 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.935 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.973 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 116 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.921 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 938 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.192 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 938 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.982 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 937 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.29 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 936 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.549 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 935 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.879 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 935 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 933 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 933 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.364 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 932 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.276 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 930 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.548 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 926 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.1107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 926 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 925 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 924 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.969 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 921 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.342 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 69 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.391 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 919 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.048 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 919 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.938 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 919 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.676 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 918 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 2.825 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 918 days ago · 150 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.847 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 917 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.725 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 916 days ago · 130 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 914 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.890 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 914 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 3.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 912 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 912 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 1.928 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 912 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 2.064 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 911 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.594 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 911 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.028 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 1.833 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.247 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 906 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.028 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 906 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.127 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.828 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.032 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.635 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.142 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 962 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.772 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 963 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 963 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.950 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 967 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.584 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.333 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 968 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.044 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 973 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.637 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 133 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.249 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 974 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av92206206. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.