M2.8 earthquake 65 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 5:57 PM AKST (02:57 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 26 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.032 · 135 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 184.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024gege2cx (also filed as us7000p0p2). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.