Alaska earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 37 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 37 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, May 17, 2024, 7:03 AM AKDT (15:03 UTC), 146 km (91 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.2 (mb), light
Local time: Fri, May 17, 2024, 7:03 AM AKDT
UTC: 2024-05-17 15:03:34 UTC
Depth: 146.2 km (90.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.017° N, 163.930° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 38°
Stations used: 64

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast103 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 92.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mz7b (also filed as ak0246ch441v). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.