Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 245 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 245 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, May 22, 2024, 7:38 PM AKDT (03:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 263 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-23 03:38:58 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.669° N, 162.932° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
241°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 855 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.8201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.4215 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 849 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.4156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 849 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.3198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 845 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.3214 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 843 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.9151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.5246 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.4163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.0202 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 833 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.6219 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 829 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.2158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 828 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.2214 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 827 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 818 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.0161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 817 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.1161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 817 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.1175 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 817 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.9157 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 814 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.5158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 3.5263 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 811 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 2.8171 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 805 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.8216 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.7233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 876 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.0195 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 5.2187 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.9215 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 888 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n9l4 (also filed as ak0246m7emzt). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.