M3.2 earthquake 253 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 253 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Mar 1, 2024, 4:56 AM AKST (13:56 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-01 13:56:19 UTC
- Depth
- 14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.960° N, 164.494° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations |
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 9.1 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9199 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 938 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.8203 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2193 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 930 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0215 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 929 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8210 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 927 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.9202 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 904 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2170 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 901 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3200 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 893 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.4197 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 884 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mk5b (also filed as ak0242t3uunl). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.