Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 215 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 215 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 3:41 PM AKDT (23:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 142 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
2024-04-27 23:41:56 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.039° N, 162.277° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 882 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.7233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 874 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.8216 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 871 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.2140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 869 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.1191 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 866 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.9245 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 859 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.8132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 858 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 857 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.9159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 854 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.5222 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 851 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 3.0211 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 849 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.4215 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 848 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.4156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 848 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.8145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.9151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.5156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.5246 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 3.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 841 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 4.1148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 840 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.4163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 840 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.1150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 840 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.5213 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 834 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.6219 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 828 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.2158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 826 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 2.1131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 885 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.4159 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 887 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.5171 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 890 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.8169 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 894 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.9214 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 895 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.0161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.9149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 898 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.5148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 901 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.1135 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 909 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.2193 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 911 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.1245 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 912 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.0245 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 912 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mpb5 (also filed as ak0245fjcu66). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:39 PM UTC.