Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 24 km NE of Valdez, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 24 km NE of Valdez, Alaska on Wed, Nov 6, 2024, 12:31 PM AKST (21:31 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 35 km WNW of Tatitlek, 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
2024-11-06 21:31:56 UTC
Depth
20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.285° N, 146.012° 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
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.035 · 110 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
130

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.618 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 694 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.736 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 693 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.643 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 693 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 693 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.711 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 692 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.545 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 691 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.637 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.014 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.538 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 690 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.514 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 690 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.729 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 689 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.529 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 689 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.335 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 687 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 324 · tsunami flag
  14. 2.029 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 687 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.737 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 687 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.836 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 686 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 686 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.350 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 686 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.236 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 686 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.648 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 686 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.745 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 685 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.315 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 685 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.748 km SW of Chitina, Alaska · 685 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.516 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 685 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.840 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 684 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.542 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 683 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.536 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 682 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.625 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 682 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.830 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 681 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.623 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 681 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.533 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 680 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.951 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 680 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 1.848 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 679 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.615 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 677 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 2.249 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 675 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 1.625 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 674 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.648 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 673 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 1.512 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 673 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.611 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 672 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.145 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 672 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.445 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 671 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.642 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 671 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.219 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 670 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.646 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 669 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.246 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 669 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 2.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 669 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.817 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 668 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 3.740 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 668 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 12
  49. 1.645 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 666 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.217 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 666 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.452 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 665 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.652 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 665 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.28 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 665 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 1.538 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 663 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.534 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 663 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 1.620 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 661 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.634 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 660 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.916 km NNE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 659 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 2.550 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 658 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.847 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 658 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.634 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 694 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.539 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 694 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.633 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 695 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.541 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 695 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.529 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 695 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.716 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 695 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.727 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 696 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.515 km E of Valdez, Alaska · 698 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.646 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.548 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 698 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.839 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 699 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.015 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 699 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.051 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 701 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.79 km W of Mendeltna, Alaska · 701 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 701 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.728 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 702 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.537 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 702 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.646 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 703 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.937 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 703 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.633 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 704 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024eaotsul (also filed as ak024eaotsr8, us7000nqaw). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.