Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 41 km W of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 41 km W of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 3:37 AM AKDT (11:37 UTC), 154 km (95 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 41 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Jun 2, 2024, 3:37 AM AKDT
UTC: 2024-06-02 11:37:15 UTC
Depth: 153.6 km (95.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.926° N, 164.052° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 132°
Stations used: 24

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast112 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 104.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n8s5 (also filed as ak02472vj6hs). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC.