Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 5:39 AM AKDT (13:39 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 15 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 5:39 AM AKDT
UTC: 2024-09-27 13:39:20 UTC
Depth: 107.9 km (67.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.770° N, 163.409° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 165°
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast77 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 113.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000npy0 (also filed as ak024cgem36c). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.