Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 56 km NE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 56 km NE of Chase, Alaska on Sun, Jan 28, 1996, 3:30 AM AKST (12:30 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 63 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1996-01-28 12:30:45 UTC
Depth
68.0 km (42.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.797° N, 149.289° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.632 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 11207 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.261 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11207 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.963 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11207 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.524 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 11206 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.51 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 11206 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.364 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11205 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.243 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 11204 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11204 days ago · 65 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.573 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11203 days ago · 139 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.749 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11203 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.254 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11202 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.750 km E of Chase, Alaska · 11201 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.8Central Alaska · 11201 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.261 km E of Chase, Alaska · 11201 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.851 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 11200 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.056 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11200 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.531 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 11199 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.235 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11198 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.465 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.756 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.652 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.365 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11195 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.618 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 11195 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 3.734 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 11193 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.152 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11193 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 1.613 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11192 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.967 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11191 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.229 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11191 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.657 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 11190 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.254 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 11190 days ago · 79 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 2.066 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 11189 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.850 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11188 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.967 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11187 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.817 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 11187 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.052 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11186 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.925 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 11186 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.271 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11186 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.259 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 11186 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.366 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11185 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.247 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 11184 days ago · 72 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.454 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 11183 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 3.066 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 11182 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.047 km N of Chase, Alaska · 11182 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.972 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11181 days ago · 128 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.772 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 11181 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.465 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11180 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 3.729 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11179 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.922 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 11178 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.961 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 11177 days ago · 56 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.334 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11176 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.258 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11175 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.942 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11175 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 1.723 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 11175 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.846 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11174 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 1.851 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 11173 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.436 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11173 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.533 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 11173 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.864 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11172 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.414 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 11172 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.571 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11171 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 1.864 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11207 days ago · 92 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.516 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11208 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.641 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 11208 days ago · 74 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.065 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11208 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.712 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 11210 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.88 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 11210 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.156 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 71 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.756 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.939 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.167 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.154 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.423 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 11212 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.717 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 11212 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.262 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11213 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.621 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11213 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.944 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 11214 days ago · 81 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.346 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 11214 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.59 km WSW of Chase, Alaska · 11216 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 3.967 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 11217 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.919 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 11217 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away

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