M2.3 earthquake Central Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sun, Dec 8, 1996, 1:05 AM AKST

UTC

1996-12-08 10:05:16 UTC

Depth

80.6 km (50.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

62.569° N, 151.193° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

21

• Talkeetna, AlaskaPopulation 876. Forecast62 kmWNW
• Knik-Fairview, AlaskaPopulation 14,923. Forecast144 kmNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast165 kmNNW

After

1. 2.033 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 6:51 AM AKST · 10892 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
2. 1.920 km SSE of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 8:07 AM AKST · 10892 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
3. 1.642 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 8:45 AM AKST · 10892 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
4. 2.336 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 2:09 PM AKST · 10892 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
5. 2.662 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Dec 8, 6:39 PM AKST · 10892 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
6. 2.265 km N of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Dec 10, 1:38 PM AKST · 10890 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
7. 3.064 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Dec 11, 6:14 PM AKST · 10889 days ago · 130 km deep · 74 km away
8. 2.51 km SSE of Talkeetna, AlaskaWed, Dec 11, 10:03 PM AKST · 10889 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
9. 2.770 km N of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Dec 12, 10:27 AM AKST · 10888 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
10. 3.340 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Dec 13, 2:30 AM AKST · 10888 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
11. 2.056 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Dec 14, 4:37 AM AKST · 10887 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
12. 2.463 km S of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 14, 12:53 PM AKST · 10886 days ago · 130 km deep · 48 km away
13. 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 14, 1:14 PM AKST · 10886 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
14. 2.348 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 14, 8:38 PM AKST · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
15. 2.339 km S of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Dec 15, 5:34 PM AKST · 10885 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
16. 3.661 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Dec 18, 12:25 PM AKST · 10882 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
17. 2.513 km NNE of Susitna North, AlaskaThu, Dec 19, 11:19 AM AKST · 10881 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
18. 2.444 km N of Chase, AlaskaFri, Dec 20, 2:07 AM AKST · 10881 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
19. 2.238 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 21, 12:03 AM AKST · 10880 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
20. 2.543 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 21, 4:03 AM AKST · 10880 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
21. 2.561 km SW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Dec 21, 6:41 PM AKST · 10879 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
22. 2.642 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 21, 10:08 PM AKST · 10879 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
23. 2.356 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaMon, Dec 23, 2:35 AM AKST · 10878 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
24. 1.945 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Dec 23, 6:58 AM AKST · 10877 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.819 km ENE of Skwentna, AlaskaTue, Dec 24, 7:42 PM AKST · 10876 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
26. 1.616 km ENE of Susitna North, AlaskaWed, Dec 25, 1:50 AM AKST · 10876 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
27. 2.125 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaWed, Dec 25, 8:59 PM AKST · 10875 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
28. 1.941 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 28, 9:12 AM AKST · 10872 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
29. 2.923 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Dec 28, 11:28 AM AKST · 10872 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
30. 1.944 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Dec 28, 3:02 PM AKST · 10872 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
31. 2.058 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Dec 29, 5:53 AM AKST · 10872 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
32. 1.633 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Dec 29, 7:14 PM AKST · 10871 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away
33. 1.917 km E of Chase, AlaskaSun, Dec 29, 8:08 PM AKST · 10871 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
34. 2.442 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Dec 31, 1:28 PM AKST · 10869 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
35. 2.544 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Dec 31, 11:42 PM AKST · 10869 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
36. 2.143 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Jan 1, 5:25 AM AKST · 10869 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
37. 1.633 km E of Skwentna, AlaskaFri, Jan 3, 10:11 AM AKST · 10866 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
38. 2.246 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Jan 3, 1:56 PM AKST · 10866 days ago · -3 km deep · 76 km away
39. 2.960 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Jan 3, 5:27 PM AKST · 10866 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away
40. 2.265 km N of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Jan 3, 5:57 PM AKST · 10866 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
41. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Jan 3, 8:31 PM AKST · 10866 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
42. 1.548 km W of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Jan 4, 8:02 AM AKST · 10865 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
43. 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Jan 4, 8:38 AM AKST · 10865 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
44. 1.79 km NNE of Susitna North, AlaskaSun, Jan 5, 2:56 PM AKST · 10864 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
45. 1.625 km NW of Susitna, AlaskaMon, Jan 6, 6:34 AM AKST · 10863 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
46. 1.925 km S of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Jan 7, 12:50 AM AKST · 10863 days ago · -3 km deep · 87 km away
47. 1.738 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Jan 7, 4:05 AM AKST · 10863 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
48. 1.655 km N of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 6:54 AM AKST · 10861 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
49. 2.143 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 11:14 AM AKST · 10861 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
50. 2.722 km SSW of Trapper Creek, AlaskaWed, Jan 8, 2:03 PM AKST · 10861 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
51. 2.955 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 10:51 AM AKST · 10860 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
52. 3.244 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 2:50 PM AKST · 10860 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
53. 2.749 km N of Chase, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 3:04 PM AKST · 10860 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
54. 1.928 km NE of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Jan 9, 10:22 PM AKST · 10860 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
55. 2.052 km SSW of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Jan 11, 8:04 AM AKST · 10858 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
56. 2.026 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Jan 11, 8:01 PM AKST · 10858 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
57. 2.240 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Jan 12, 12:18 AM AKST · 10858 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
58. 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Jan 12, 1:30 AM AKST · 10858 days ago · 125 km deep · 75 km away
59. 1.863 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Jan 12, 1:31 AM AKST · 10858 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
60. 2.322 km E of Skwentna, AlaskaSun, Jan 12, 1:58 AM AKST · 10858 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

1. 2.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Dec 6, 10:24 AM AKST · 10894 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
2. 1.827 km NNW of Chase, AlaskaThu, Dec 5, 11:14 PM AKST · 10895 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
3. 2.365 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Dec 5, 7:34 AM AKST · 10895 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
4. 2.226 km NW of Skwentna, AlaskaWed, Dec 4, 10:13 PM AKST · 10896 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away
5. 2.151 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Dec 4, 4:28 PM AKST · 10896 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
6. 1.858 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaWed, Dec 4, 8:38 AM AKST · 10896 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
7. 2.539 km E of Chase, AlaskaTue, Dec 3, 8:21 AM AKST · 10897 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
8. 2.130 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Dec 3, 7:34 AM AKST · 10897 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
9. 1.910 km NE of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Dec 3, 6:00 AM AKST · 10898 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
10. 2.110 km SW of Trapper Creek, AlaskaTue, Dec 3, 2:38 AM AKST · 10898 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
11. 2.263 km N of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Dec 3, 12:42 AM AKST · 10898 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
12. 2.274 km SSW of Denali National Park, AlaskaMon, Dec 2, 11:31 PM AKST · 10898 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
13. 2.236 km N of Chase, AlaskaMon, Dec 2, 1:55 PM AKST · 10898 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
14. 2.145 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Dec 1, 1:56 PM AKST · 10899 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
15. 2.850 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Dec 1, 1:28 PM AKST · 10899 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
16. 1.525 km SW of Susitna North, AlaskaSat, Nov 30, 10:00 PM AKST · 10900 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
17. 2.448 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Nov 28, 11:48 PM AKST · 10902 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
18. 2.464 km N of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Nov 27, 9:16 PM AKST · 10903 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
19. 2.059 km N of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Nov 26, 9:00 AM AKST · 10904 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
20. 1.522 km ENE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Nov 25, 5:13 PM AKST · 10905 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak996frfbhbg. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC.