M2.8 earthquake 43 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 43 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Aug 1, 2024, 10:05 AM AKDT (18:05 UTC), 10 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-01 18:05:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.459° N, 163.424° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 788 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.855 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.834 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 786 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 785 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.031 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.634 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 783 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.639 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.772 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 783 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.636 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 782 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.55 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.910 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 781 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 779 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.096 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 778 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.889 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 777 days ago · 94 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.542 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 776 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.597 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.084 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 70 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.8138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 770 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.786 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 768 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.816 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 768 days ago · 171 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.598 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 765 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 765 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
- 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 1.898 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 789 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6122 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 789 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 789 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.731 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.042 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.293 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 790 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.155 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 790 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 791 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.187 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 791 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.5116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 791 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.051 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 791 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.636 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 792 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.077 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 792 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 792 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 793 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 793 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.863 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 794 days ago · 63 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 795 days ago · 76 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 795 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nhhu (also filed as av93217981, ak0249u7r77p). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.