Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 5 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 1:25 AM AKDT (09:25 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 1 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-28 09:25:41 UTC
Depth
39.3 km (24.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.383° N, 150.069° 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
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.036 · 100 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
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 164 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.617 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.121 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 703 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.032 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 703 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.74 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 702 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.625 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 702 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.58 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 702 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.611 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 702 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.745 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.523 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 702 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.822 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 702 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.921 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 702 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.631 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 702 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.054 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.625 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 701 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.25 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 701 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.725 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.528 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 701 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 701 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.740 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 701 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.65 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 701 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 1.530 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 700 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.621 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 700 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.530 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 699 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.534 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 699 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.99 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 699 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.125 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 699 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.629 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 698 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 1.627 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 698 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.44 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 698 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 1.98 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 698 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 1.835 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.518 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 698 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 1.515 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 697 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.621 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 697 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.617 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 697 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.623 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 697 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.56 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 697 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.630 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 697 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.521 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 697 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.517 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 696 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 1.625 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.58 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 696 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.739 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.518 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 696 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 1.625 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 696 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.019 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 696 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.16 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 695 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 1.610 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 695 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.58 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 695 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.710 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 695 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 695 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.525 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 695 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 2.035 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 694 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.025 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 694 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 2.117 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 694 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 1.618 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 694 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 1.77 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 694 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 1.736 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 693 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.534 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 693 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.926 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 703 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.65 km E of Anchorage, Alaska · 704 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.821 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.520 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.132 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 704 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.58 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 704 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.129 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 705 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.63 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 705 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.825 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 705 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.131 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 705 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.67 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 705 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.527 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 705 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.74 km ENE of Fishhook, Alaska · 706 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.615 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 706 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.538 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 706 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.516 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 707 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.78 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 707 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024dvlt5kn (also filed as us7000nnlt). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC.