Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Nov 24, 2024, 4:16 PM AKST (01:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 164 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
2024-11-25 01:16:27 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.842° N, 162.411° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7250 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 673 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.2233 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 669 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.4164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.5161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.8220 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 665 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.9213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 665 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.7161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.9198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 663 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.6231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 662 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.1219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 659 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.9213 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 657 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.3231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 657 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 3.0219 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 653 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.7229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.6215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.0219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 646 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.1235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 646 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.0210 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 640 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 3.0206 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.8226 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 630 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.8229 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 629 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 3.2202 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 624 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 3.1223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.1141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.7156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.7134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.6141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.9135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.1163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.9224 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.7138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 684 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.2209 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 686 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 3.2201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.9227 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 697 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.9211 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 698 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pinw (also filed as ak024f5s1g9f). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.