M2.9 earthquake 48 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 48 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Nov 26, 2024, 8:15 PM AKST (05:15 UTC), 140 km (87 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 119 km ESE of Akutan, 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-11-27 05:15:57 UTC
- Depth
- 140.1 km (87.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.706° N, 164.115° 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 14.4 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.136 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 670 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.788 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.028 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 668 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.185 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 667 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.357 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 666 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.141 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.029 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 666 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 666 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.999 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 665 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 664 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 663 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.2113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 663 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 662 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.054 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 661 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 661 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.627 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 661 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.892 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 661 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.036 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 660 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.994 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 660 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 659 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.185 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 658 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 658 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.051 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 656 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 656 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.026 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.832 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 655 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.4119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 654 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.397 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 653 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.225 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 652 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.322 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 652 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 652 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.781 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 652 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.695 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 650 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.037 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 649 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 649 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.933 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 649 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.694 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 649 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.296 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 649 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.672 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 648 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 648 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.591 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 648 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.631 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.134 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 644 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.728 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 643 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.190 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 643 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.191 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 642 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.797 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 640 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.921 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 639 days ago · 136 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 637 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.380 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 637 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 1.873 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 672 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 672 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9121 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 673 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.193 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 673 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 674 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 674 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.124 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.876 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.026 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 681 days ago · 118 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.386 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.332 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 681 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 682 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 684 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 685 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
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