Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 3 km S of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km S of Salcha, Alaska on Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 6:47 PM AKDT (02:47 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 34 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-30 02:47:47 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.496° N, 146.891° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
5
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
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.048 · 56 stations

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.628 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 764 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.949 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 759 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.571 km E of Denali Park, Alaska · 757 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.69 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 757 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.75 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 754 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  6. 1.534 km ESE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 745 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.943 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 740 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.457 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 738 days ago · 107 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 4.434 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 737 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.03 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 735 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.533 km W of Ester, Alaska · 734 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.533 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 730 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.539 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 728 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.559 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 721 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.93 km S of Salcha, Alaska · 708 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.65 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 705 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 12

Before

  1. 1.75 km SE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 765 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.54 km SE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 765 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.76 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 777 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.240 km NE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 780 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.721 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 780 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.09 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 783 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.29 km NNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 786 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.423 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 791 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.654 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024b5x2dii (also filed as us6000nnlm). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC.