M2.9 earthquake 98 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Aug 16, 2024, 4:33 AM AKDT

UTC

2024-08-16 12:33:48 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.983° N, 163.189° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

218°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

24

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast132 kmSSW

After

1. 2.084 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 5:45 AM AKDT · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
2. 2.287 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 5:49 AM AKDT · 773 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
3. 2.2134 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 11:00 AM AKDT · 773 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
4. 2.657 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 12:50 PM AKDT · 773 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
5. 3.1151 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 8:13 PM AKDT · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
6. 3.2151 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 17, 3:29 PM AKDT · 772 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
7. 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 17, 3:38 PM AKDT · 772 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
8. 3.483 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 17, 9:19 PM AKDT · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away
9. 2.8154 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 12:04 AM AKDT · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
10. 1.690 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 5:49 PM AKDT · 770 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
11. 2.8138 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 7:29 PM AKDT · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
12. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 20, 2:03 AM AKDT · 769 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
13. 2.554 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 20, 11:17 AM AKDT · 769 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
14. 1.786 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 21, 6:26 AM AKDT · 768 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.1116 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 21, 5:31 PM AKDT · 768 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
16. 2.0107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 22, 12:01 AM AKDT · 767 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
17. 1.994 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 22, 12:23 AM AKDT · 767 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
18. 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 22, 8:45 AM AKDT · 767 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
19. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 22, 6:22 PM AKDT · 767 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
20. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 23, 1:07 AM AKDT · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
21. 2.663 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 24, 8:20 AM AKDT · 765 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
22. 2.598 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 24, 9:42 AM AKDT · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
23. 1.746 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Aug 24, 1:21 PM AKDT · 765 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
24. 1.894 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 25, 3:16 AM AKDT · 764 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
25. 1.9117 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 25, 3:27 AM AKDT · 764 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
26. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 25, 5:51 PM AKDT · 764 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
27. 1.746 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Aug 25, 10:20 PM AKDT · 764 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
28. 4.570 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 27, 2:12 PM AKDT · 762 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
29. 2.3115 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 1:59 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
30. 2.898 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 2:02 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
31. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 4:25 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
32. 2.9152 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 5:41 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
33. 2.5112 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 6:10 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
34. 3.196 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 7:44 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
35. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 11:39 AM AKDT · 761 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
36. 2.679 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 8:25 PM AKDT · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
37. 2.8112 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 28, 8:52 PM AKDT · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
38. 3.1103 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 29, 9:14 PM AKDT · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
39. 2.161 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 29, 11:55 PM AKDT · 759 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
40. 1.549 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 30, 7:47 AM AKDT · 759 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
41. 2.8175 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Aug 31, 1:31 PM AKDT · 758 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
42. 2.095 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 31, 9:56 PM AKDT · 758 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
43. 2.135 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 31, 10:05 PM AKDT · 758 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.986 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 1, 1:03 AM AKDT · 757 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
45. 2.969 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Sep 1, 5:43 AM AKDT · 757 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
46. 2.2109 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 1, 10:16 PM AKDT · 757 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
47. 2.1125 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 4:33 AM AKDT · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
48. 2.0113 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 10:28 AM AKDT · 756 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
49. 2.176 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 11:54 AM AKDT · 756 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
50. 1.889 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 12:24 PM AKDT · 756 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
51. 1.995 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 11:26 PM AKDT · 755 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
52. 2.093 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 3, 2:55 PM AKDT · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
53. 1.757 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 3, 4:39 PM AKDT · 755 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
54. 2.960 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Sep 5, 12:18 AM AKDT · 753 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
55. 2.074 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 5, 12:15 PM AKDT · 753 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
56. 2.5117 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Sep 5, 4:42 PM AKDT · 753 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
57. 1.935 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 6, 8:57 AM AKDT · 752 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
58. 2.796 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 6, 10:09 AM AKDT · 752 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
59. 1.962 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Sep 7, 4:54 PM AKDT · 751 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
60. 1.770 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 8, 2:18 AM AKDT · 750 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

1. 2.597 km S of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 12:32 AM AKDT · 773 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
2. 2.1121 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 14, 12:51 AM AKDT · 775 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
3. 1.9160 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 13, 5:10 PM AKDT · 776 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
4. 2.5160 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 13, 11:07 AM AKDT · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
5. 1.8145 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 13, 7:17 AM AKDT · 776 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
6. 1.542 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 13, 7:00 AM AKDT · 776 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
7. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 13, 5:23 AM AKDT · 776 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
8. 1.889 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 12, 8:51 PM AKDT · 777 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
9. 1.831 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 12, 7:27 AM AKDT · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
10. 1.931 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 12, 7:24 AM AKDT · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
11. 1.729 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 12, 6:22 AM AKDT · 777 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
12. 3.9136 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 11, 11:37 AM AKDT · 778 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
13. 3.096 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Aug 11, 7:08 AM AKDT · 778 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.5104 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 11, 5:25 AM AKDT · 778 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
15. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 9, 8:38 PM AKDT · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
16. 1.991 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 9, 6:17 AM AKDT · 780 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
17. 1.684 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 8, 11:17 AM AKDT · 781 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
18. 2.542 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 7, 9:49 PM AKDT · 782 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
19. 1.636 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 7, 6:54 PM AKDT · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
20. 2.7149 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 7, 4:55 PM AKDT · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ng2b (also filed as ak024aixeupl). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC.