Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 149 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 3:23 PM AKST (00:23 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-18 00:23:27 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.515° N, 163.452° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
227°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.184 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 984 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.2105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 984 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.9100 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.4105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.1115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 980 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.1103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 978 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.955 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 978 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 977 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.1105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 977 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.3111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 975 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.295 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 974 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.788 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 974 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.183 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 973 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.3138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 973 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.7102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 973 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.691 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 973 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.189 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 972 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.2137 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 3.4155 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 970 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 969 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.9215 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 967 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.584 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 965 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.288 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 963 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.5109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 963 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 3.0225 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 963 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.9117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 962 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.772 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 962 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.9111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 962 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.174 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.065 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.7218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 2.191 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 959 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 959 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 958 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.465 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 958 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 957 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 956 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.172 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.283 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 953 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 953 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.686 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 951 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.077 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 950 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.288 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.388 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 948 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 2.195 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.7153 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 947 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 3.288 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 947 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.4150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 945 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 945 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 941 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 2.5119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 986 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 3.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.8114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 987 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.9143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 987 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.7158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 987 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.9164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 990 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.9153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 990 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 3.3154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 990 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 3.0104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 991 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.483 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 994 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.8140 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 995 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 3.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 997 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.1109 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 999 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.2202 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 999 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.581 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lyru (also filed as ak024trt8ny). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.