M2.7 earthquake 85 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 85 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 11:50 AM AKDT (19:50 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-21 19:50:53 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.113° N, 163.070° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.8162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 921 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.7153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 921 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.6159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.0159 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.277 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 921 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.391 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 920 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.048 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 920 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.938 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 919 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.676 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 919 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.847 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 918 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 917 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 916 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.861 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 916 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 916 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 916 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.3116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6151 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 915 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8143 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.378 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 915 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.890 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 915 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 914 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.190 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 913 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 913 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.928 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 913 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 912 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.594 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 912 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3134 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 910 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1135 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 910 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.876 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 909 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.028 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.833 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.1114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 907 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.247 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 907 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.127 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 906 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.730 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 905 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.781 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 903 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.685 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 902 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.884 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 902 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 902 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.934 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 901 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 901 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.082 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 901 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.832 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 901 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.388 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 900 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.732 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 899 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 898 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.846 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 898 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 897 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.0161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 897 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 897 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.0103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6118 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.030 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 896 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.835 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 895 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 894 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 141.
Before
- 2.6152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 922 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.347 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 923 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 924 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 925 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9125 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 925 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.562 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 925 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.3131 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 926 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 927 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1128 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 927 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3132 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 927 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.1107 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.5135 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8142 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 927 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1132 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 927 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 927 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 927 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
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