Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 69 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 69 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska on Mon, Dec 9, 1996, 8:32 AM AKST (17:32 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 84 km SSE of Cantwell, 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
1996-12-09 17:32:07 UTC
Depth
50.8 km (31.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.882° N, 148.158° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.564 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10891 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.268 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10888 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.056 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.044 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10884 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.052 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10883 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.444 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10881 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.436 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.334 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.744 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.224 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.064 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.561 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.945 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10877 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.125 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10875 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.862 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10871 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.841 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10871 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.917 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10871 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.526 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.752 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.938 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.941 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10869 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.963 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10869 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.775 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 10869 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.021 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10867 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.540 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10867 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 2.742 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10864 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 3.119 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10863 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.329 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.2Central Alaska · 10861 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 2.039 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.955 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.749 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10859 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 2.026 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10858 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 3.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10857 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.043 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10855 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.859 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.958 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.844 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 2.834 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 3.484 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10851 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 1.926 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.885 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10849 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.235 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10849 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.850 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10848 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 3.079 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10847 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.164 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.778 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.614 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10842 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.125 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 2.357 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 10839 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 3.064 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 1.920 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.227 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 3.068 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.455 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 72 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.526 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 2.033 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10892 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.157 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10893 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.858 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10896 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.539 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10897 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.236 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10898 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.042 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10901 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.430 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10904 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.522 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10905 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.628 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10907 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.957 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10907 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.023 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10907 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.052 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10908 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.359 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10917 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.049 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10918 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.758 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10918 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.653 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10919 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.858 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10920 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away

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