M2.5 earthquake 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 9:42 AM AKDT (17:42 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-24 17:42:46 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.976° N, 163.542° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 240°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 765 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 764 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.679 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.280 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.161 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 760 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 760 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 758 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.986 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 758 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 758 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 758 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 757 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 757 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0113 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.176 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 756 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 755 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.960 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.074 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 753 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 752 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.796 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.380 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 752 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.564 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 752 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 751 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 750 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.079 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 750 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 750 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 749 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 748 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 747 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 747 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.777 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 746 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.0149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 745 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 745 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 743 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.065 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 743 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.137 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 741 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.060 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 740 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.964 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 740 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.173 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 739 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 738 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 135.
Before
- 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 766 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 768 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 768 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.786 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 769 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 769 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 770 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.8138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 771 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.2151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 772 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.657 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 773 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.287 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.084 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
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