Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 100 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 100 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 4:23 PM AKST (01:23 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-16 01:23:25 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.625° N, 164.247° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
162°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.545 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 982 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.544 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 980 days ago · -3 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.647 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.651 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.553 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 948 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.548 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.745 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 992 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.625 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 150 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.749 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.946 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.646 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.043 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.644 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.721 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.649 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lyns (also filed as ak024qhbzb4). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC.