M1.7 earthquake 37 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 37 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 11:43 PM AKDT (07:43 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 97 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-31 07:43:04 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.526° N, 163.519° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.958 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 698 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.635 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 695 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 695 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.033 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 695 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0107 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 694 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.835 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.316 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.646 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.987 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 693 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.168 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 692 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 691 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.032 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 691 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.136 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 690 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.679 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 690 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.827 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 690 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.853 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 689 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.0109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.989 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 686 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 685 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 684 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 683 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.026 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 681 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.725 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 681 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.838 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 678 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 678 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.430 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 677 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.876 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.678 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.0113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.885 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.984 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.124 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 85 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.193 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 673 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 673 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.028 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 673 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 673 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 672 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.948 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 671 days ago · 140 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.188 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 671 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 670 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 670 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 138.
Before
- 2.239 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 699 days ago · 80 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.984 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 699 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 699 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.388 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 700 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.765 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 700 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 701 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 701 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 702 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.984 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 702 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.591 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 703 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 704 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.197 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 704 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 705 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 707 days ago · 126 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 707 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av93338098. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.