M2.5 earthquake 246 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 246 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jun 9, 2024, 1:19 AM AKDT (09:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 263 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-09 09:19:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.859° N, 161.786° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations |
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 265°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 841 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5213 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 839 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6219 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 832 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.7201 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 823 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.5263 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 814 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9245 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 810 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.1205 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 795 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.3250 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 795 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mzqj (also filed as ak0247eezvrd). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC.