Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 164 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 164 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 8:12 AM AKST (17:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 151 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
2024-01-14 17:12:45 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.377° N, 163.517° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
230°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.7158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.9143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 989 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 989 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.5119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.7149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.184 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.9100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 983 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.4105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 983 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 982 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 980 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 979 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 979 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.3111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.295 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 976 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 976 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.3138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 975 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 975 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.2137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 972 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 3.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 972 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 2.9215 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 969 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.584 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 965 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 965 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 3.0225 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 965 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 965 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.9111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 964 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.7218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 961 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 961 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 960 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.172 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 955 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 953 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 953 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.288 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 950 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.7153 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 949 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.4150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 992 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 992 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 992 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.0104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 993 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.483 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 996 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 997 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.6203 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 998 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 3.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 999 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 3.1109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.2202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.8212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.874 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.593 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.092 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.997 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 3.0134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lxkl (also filed as ak024nfpwf7). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:15 AM UTC.