M2.1 earthquake 25 km NNE of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 25 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Wed, Dec 25, 1996, 8:59 PM AKST (05:59 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 20 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-12-26 05:59:17 UTC
- Depth
- 70.4 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.671° N, 149.981° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.941 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10873 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.923 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10873 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.944 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10873 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.058 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10872 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.862 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10872 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.633 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10871 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.917 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10871 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.526 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10871 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.938 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.963 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.442 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.544 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10869 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4Central Alaska · 10869 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.143 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10869 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10869 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.021 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10868 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.540 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10867 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.633 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10867 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.246 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10867 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.960 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.265 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.548 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.752 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10865 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.742 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10864 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.655 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10862 days ago · 102 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.143 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10862 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.722 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10862 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.329 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.039 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.955 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.244 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.749 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 83 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.928 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.026 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10858 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.240 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10858 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10858 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10858 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.322 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10858 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10857 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5Central Alaska · 10857 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.046 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10856 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10855 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.730 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10854 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.859 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10854 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.237 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10854 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10854 days ago · 80 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.844 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.925 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.834 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.484 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.463 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10851 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.885 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 79 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.424 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 10849 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 147.
Before
- 3.866 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10876 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.616 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10876 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.819 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10876 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.945 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10878 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.356 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10878 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.561 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.224 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.744 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.543 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.334 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.444 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10881 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10882 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.661 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10883 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.052 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10884 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10884 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.418 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.348 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.463 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
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