Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 4:13 PM AKDT (00:13 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2024-08-04 00:13:36 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.409° N, 163.616° 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, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 106.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ndm7 (also filed as ak0249yvp6hd). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.