M2.9 earthquake 86 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 86 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 1:03 AM AKDT (09:03 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 15 km WNW 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-01 09:03:19 UTC
- Depth
- 27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.078° N, 163.339° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 14.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 212°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 759 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 758 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 758 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 758 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0113 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.176 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 757 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 757 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 756 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.960 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.074 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 754 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.5117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 754 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 753 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.796 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.380 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 752 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 752 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 751 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.199 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 750 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 749 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 748 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 748 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 747 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.777 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 746 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.0149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 746 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 746 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 744 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.065 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 744 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.137 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 741 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.964 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 741 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.173 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 740 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.648 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 738 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.138 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 738 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 737 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 737 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.641 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 737 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.883 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 736 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.928 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 736 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.747 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 735 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 735 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 734 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.941 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 734 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 734 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 733 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.79 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 732 days ago · 108 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 732 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 732 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 731 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.912 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 730 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.220 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 730 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 730 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.986 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 728 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.076 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 728 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 728 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.286 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 728 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 2.135 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 759 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 759 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 759 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 760 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.161 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.8112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.679 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.196 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9152 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 762 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 763 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.570 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 763 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 1.746 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 765 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 765 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 766 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 766 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nwm2 (also filed as ak024b9c1ly8). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC.