Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 45 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 12:04 AM AKST (09:04 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 47 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-13 09:04:10 UTC
Depth
0.6 km (0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.839° N, 152.978° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.048 · 56 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
83

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.047 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.047 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 655 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.024 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 652 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.635 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 644 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.030 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 644 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.938 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 644 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.620 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.794 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 643 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.270 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 639 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.126 km SSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 638 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.121 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 626 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.030 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 625 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.821 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 625 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.113 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 615 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 3.024 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 611 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.955 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 608 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.528 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 607 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.626 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 604 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.836 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 601 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.629 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 599 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 1.945 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.540 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.123 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.941 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.142 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.034 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.842 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.241 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 659 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  9. 2.731 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 659 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.031 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 660 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.96 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 670 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.825 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 670 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.324 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 670 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.921 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 673 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.516 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 676 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.721 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 677 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.768 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 679 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.273 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 679 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.436 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 680 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.025 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 682 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024fzoek36 (also filed as us7000nye0). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.