Alaska earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 142 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 142 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, May 23, 2024, 11:16 PM AKDT (07:16 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 87 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.5 (mwr), light
Local time: Thu, May 23, 2024, 11:16 PM AKDT
UTC: 2024-05-24 07:16:43 UTC
Depth: 13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.578° N, 163.448° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: II, 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: II, 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?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 93°, dip 44°, rake -71°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 247°, dip 49°, rake -108°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 136°
Stations used: 91

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast165 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 152.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n0nc (also filed as ak0246nx6vv8). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.