Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Mar 6, 2024, 5:47 AM AKST (14:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 160 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-03-06 14:47:57 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.000° N, 161.948° 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, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
234°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2215 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 936 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.6146 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 931 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.4143 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 930 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.8158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 928 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.8225 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 927 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 3.6160 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.1132 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.8142 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.3132 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.1148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.6150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 926 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.6152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 922 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.8229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 920 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.7194 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 919 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.6198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 918 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.0245 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 912 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 3.1245 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 912 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.2193 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 911 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.1135 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 909 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.9214 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 896 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.5171 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 891 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.9215 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 884 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.9147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 883 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 3.1229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.6206 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 952 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.7212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.9244 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.8229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.7218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 960 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 3.3269 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 965 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.2254 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 966 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m7wp (also filed as ak02431e36b5). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:13 AM UTC.