Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 42 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 42 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Jul 5, 2024, 2:08 AM AKDT (10:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 70 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-07-05 10:08:27 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.474° N, 163.455° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary
2.58ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.271893252800063 · 9 stations

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 2.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
185°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6110 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 818 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.899 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 818 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.0131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 818 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.783 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 817 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 817 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.7101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 817 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.584 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 816 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.981 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 816 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.680 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 816 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 816 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.6102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 815 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.533 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 815 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.733 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 815 days ago · 76 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.664 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 815 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.928 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 815 days ago · 153 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.554 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 814 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.675 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 814 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.6116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 814 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.8113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 814 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.171 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 814 days ago · 198 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.983 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 813 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.775 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 813 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.971 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 812 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.641 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 812 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.285 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 812 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.359 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 812 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 1.636 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 812 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 3.03 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 811 days ago · 163 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.094 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 811 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 810 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.068 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 810 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.5101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 809 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 807 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.086 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 807 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 806 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.971 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 805 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 2.143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 805 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 805 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.686 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 804 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.893 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 804 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.7112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 803 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.095 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 803 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 3.494 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 803 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 802 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.8112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 800 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.8107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 800 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 800 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 3.789 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 800 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 1.686 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 799 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.587 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 799 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.683 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 799 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 799 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.983 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 798 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.9117 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 798 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 797 days ago · 76 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.863 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 797 days ago · 63 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 2.4116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 796 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 1.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 796 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 795 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.077 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 795 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 152.

Before

  1. 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 819 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 819 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.995 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 819 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.734 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 819 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 820 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 820 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 820 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.8104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 820 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 820 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.7100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 821 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.788 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 821 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.147 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 821 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.982 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 822 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.880 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 822 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.982 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 822 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.775 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 822 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 823 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.6129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 823 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 825 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.591 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 826 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mxdh (also filed as av93186541, ak0248lfi06j). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.