Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 15 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 1, 2024, 7:17 PM AKDT (03:17 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 37 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-02 03:17:51 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.712° N, 163.414° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
251°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.086 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.735 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.534 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.0103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 878 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.171 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 878 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.990 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.195 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 877 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.385 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 876 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 875 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.192 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 873 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 872 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.123 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 871 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.161 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 870 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.152 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 869 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.073 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 869 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.641 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 869 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 1.575 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 869 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 2.168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 867 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.746 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 867 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.597 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 866 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.628 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 865 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.6115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.817 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 864 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.237 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 146 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 864 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.082 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 863 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.946 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 863 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.939 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 862 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 3.163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.799 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 860 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.616 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 859 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 859 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.76 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 858 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.5102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 858 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 857 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.551 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 856 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.691 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 854 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.84 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 853 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.688 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 852 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.022 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 852 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.592 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 851 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.555 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 851 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 850 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.590 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 850 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 850 days ago · 57 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 1.668 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.718 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.94 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 848 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.741 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 154 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 1.652 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.057 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 848 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.644 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 848 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.971 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 847 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 847 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 846 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 1.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 881 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.034 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 881 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.893 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.0105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.645 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.745 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.944 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.246 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.226 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.087 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 886 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 887 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.211 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 887 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.263 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 888 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.435 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 888 days ago · 74 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 888 days ago · 84 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 889 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.639 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 890 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93005879. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.