M2.9 earthquake 10 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Oct 21, 2024, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 97 km SE 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-22 07:00:13 UTC
- Depth
- 125.5 km (78.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.770° N, 163.475° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.932 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.936 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.735 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 706 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 706 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.935 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 705 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.197 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 703 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.992 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 703 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.591 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 702 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.022 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 702 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.984 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 701 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.644 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.046 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 701 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 700 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.765 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 700 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.0102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 699 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.984 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.239 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 698 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.737 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 698 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.187 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 697 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.635 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.033 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0107 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 694 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.835 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.316 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 94 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.793 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 694 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.646 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 693 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.987 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 692 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.168 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 692 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.032 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 690 days ago · 94 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.136 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 690 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.679 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 689 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.827 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 689 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.853 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 689 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.989 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 687 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 686 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 685 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.733 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 684 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.979 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 682 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.026 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 680 days ago · 118 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.725 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 680 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 679 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 678 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 92 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.838 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 677 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 677 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.253 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 677 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.430 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 677 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.876 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.678 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 676 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.680 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.885 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.984 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 112.
Before
- 2.693 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 707 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.795 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 707 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.644 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 708 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.077 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 708 days ago · 208 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 709 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.893 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 709 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 709 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.647 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 709 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.952 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 709 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 710 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.315 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 710 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.784 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 712 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.938 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 712 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.070 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 712 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.665 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 713 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.086 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 713 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 714 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.617 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 714 days ago · 142 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 714 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 715 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000nvb1 (also filed as ak024dln8sg3). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC.