M3.6 earthquake 181 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska

Magnitude

3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Mon, Nov 30, 1987, 11:49 PM AKST

UTC

1987-12-01 08:49:52 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

58.320° N, 141.792° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast181 kmSW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast556 kmESE

After

1. 3.9185 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 12:25 AM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
2. 3.8203 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 2:30 AM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
3. 3.5217 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 2:44 AM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
4. 5.8243 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 3:03 AM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
5. 4.4193 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 3:30 AM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
6. 3.7212 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 4:47 AM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
7. 3.5195 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 5:08 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
8. 3.6248 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 5:12 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
9. 4.2243 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 5:38 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
10. 4.5247 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 6:38 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
11. 3.9224 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 10:05 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
12. 3.5210 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 10:44 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
13. 3.9203 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 10:45 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
14. 4.6212 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 11:41 AM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
15. 4.2172 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 12:35 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
16. 4.1227 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 4:50 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
17. 5.4193 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 4:53 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
18. 4.6270 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 5:16 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
19. 5.2208 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 8:13 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
20. 3.6239 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 10:25 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
21. 3.8230 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 11:40 PM AKST · 14184 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
22. 3.6229 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 8:35 AM AKST · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
23. 4.5184 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 12:50 PM AKST · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
24. 4.3244 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 4:29 PM AKST · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
25. 3.7208 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 7:43 PM AKST · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
26. 5.4204 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 3, 12:20 AM AKST · 14183 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
27. 4.2198 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 3, 2:31 PM AKST · 14182 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
28. 4.3204 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 3, 5:15 PM AKST · 14182 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
29. 4.3246 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 4, 12:14 AM AKST · 14182 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
30. 4.3202 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 4, 4:33 PM AKST · 14181 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
31. 4.2192 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 4, 7:59 PM AKST · 14181 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
32. 4.2191 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 5, 11:10 AM AKST · 14180 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
33. 4.2233 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 5, 5:32 PM AKST · 14180 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
34. 4.1214 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 7, 12:23 AM AKST · 14179 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
35. 4.8206 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 7, 8:12 PM AKST · 14178 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
36. 3.7258 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 8, 2:25 PM AKST · 14177 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
37. 3.8241 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 9, 12:10 PM AKST · 14176 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
38. 3.8199 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 10, 5:58 PM AKST · 14175 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
39. 4.4261 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 11, 3:27 PM AKST · 14174 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
40. 4.2225 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 12, 9:15 PM AKST · 14173 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
41. 4.5180 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Dec 13, 3:51 AM AKST · 14173 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
42. 4.2196 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 14, 6:20 AM AKST · 14171 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
43. 3.9264 km SSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 14, 9:16 PM AKST · 14171 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
44. 3.7214 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 15, 1:58 AM AKST · 14171 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
45. 3.4186 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 15, 5:25 AM AKST · 14170 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
46. 5.5184 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 15, 6:11 AM AKST · 14170 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
47. 3.7227 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 21, 1:28 AM AKST · 14165 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
48. 4.1260 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 24, 4:07 PM AKST · 14161 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
49. 3.5249 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 24, 8:25 PM AKST · 14161 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
50. 4.8258 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Dec 25, 3:01 PM AKST · 14160 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
51. 3.7207 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 26, 10:55 AM AKST · 14159 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
52. 3.7215 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 30, 6:53 PM AKST · 14155 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
53. 2.3183 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 1, 11:33 AM AKST · 14153 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
54. 3.3257 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 1, 1:58 PM AKST · 14153 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
55. 4.1Gulf of AlaskaSun, Jan 3, 9:33 PM AKST · 14151 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
56. 2.5236 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Jan 5, 10:55 PM AKST · 14149 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
57. 2.4229 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Jan 6, 8:59 AM AKST · 14148 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
58. 3.9235 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Jan 7, 2:07 AM AKST · 14148 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
59. 3.9231 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Jan 8, 9:50 AM AKST · 14146 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
60. 2.4187 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Jan 9, 12:14 PM AKST · 14145 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

1. 3.8183 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 11:43 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
2. 3.5257 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 11:22 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
3. 3.8180 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 10:12 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
4. 3.7204 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 9:59 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
5. 3.6208 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 8:48 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
6. 4.9188 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 7:25 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
7. 3.6186 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 5:37 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
8. 3.6259 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 5:17 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
9. 4.3214 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 4:35 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
10. 3.9256 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 4:19 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
11. 4.6181 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 4:13 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
12. 4.2246 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 4:07 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
13. 3.5229 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 3:46 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
14. 3.7209 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 3:33 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
15. 3.9191 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 3:14 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
16. 5.3242 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 2:48 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
17. 3.6248 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 2:40 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
18. 3.7213 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 2:34 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
19. 4.2202 km WSW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 2:26 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
20. 4.0220 km SW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 1:50 PM AKST · 14185 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

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