M2.3 earthquake 26 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Wed, Aug 7, 1996, 5:54 AM AKDT

UTC

1996-08-07 13:54:32 UTC

Depth

45.3 km (28.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.652° N, 150.351° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

17

• Sterling, AlaskaPopulation 5,617. Forecast26 kmENE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast67 kmSSW

After

1. 2.515 km ESE of Beluga, AlaskaWed, Aug 7, 6:34 PM AKDT · 11015 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
2. 1.612 km S of Soldotna, AlaskaWed, Aug 7, 7:43 PM AKDT · 11015 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
3. 1.815 km SE of Eagle River, AlaskaThu, Aug 8, 1:21 AM AKDT · 11015 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
4. 2.610 km ESE of Nikiski, AlaskaThu, Aug 8, 6:10 PM AKDT · 11014 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
5. 1.927 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaFri, Aug 9, 7:49 AM AKDT · 11014 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
6. 2.431 km S of Whittier, AlaskaSat, Aug 10, 4:10 AM AKDT · 11013 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
7. 1.521 km SSW of Whittier, AlaskaSun, Aug 11, 9:23 PM AKDT · 11011 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
8. 2.917 km ENE of Primrose, AlaskaThu, Aug 15, 10:12 AM AKDT · 11008 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
9. 2.230 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaThu, Aug 15, 1:04 PM AKDT · 11008 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.2Southern AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 6:27 AM AKDT · 11007 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
11. 2.240 km WSW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 3:45 PM AKDT · 11007 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
12. 1.935 km E of Crown Point, AlaskaFri, Aug 16, 5:34 PM AKDT · 11006 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
13. 2.616 km NNW of Beluga, AlaskaSun, Aug 18, 2:54 AM AKDT · 11005 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
14. 2.85 km SE of Lowell Point, AlaskaSun, Aug 18, 4:28 AM AKDT · 11005 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
15. 2.225 km SSW of Anchorage, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 5:04 AM AKDT · 11004 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
16. 2.513 km ENE of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 9:11 AM AKDT · 11004 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
17. 2.914 km WSW of Hope, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 9:20 AM AKDT · 11004 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
18. 3.325 km SSW of Anchorage, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 2:54 PM AKDT · 11004 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
19. 2.224 km WSW of Tyonek, AlaskaMon, Aug 19, 4:47 PM AKDT · 11003 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
20. 2.227 km WSW of Salamatof, AlaskaTue, Aug 20, 1:41 PM AKDT · 11003 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
21. 2.223 km NW of Nikiski, AlaskaThu, Aug 22, 7:30 AM AKDT · 11001 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
22. 2.26 km ENE of Kasilof, AlaskaThu, Aug 22, 10:44 PM AKDT · 11000 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
23. 3.62 km SSW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, Aug 23, 4:01 AM AKDT · 11000 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
24. 2.436 km WSW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, Aug 23, 1:30 PM AKDT · 11000 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
25. 1.8Southern AlaskaFri, Aug 23, 6:47 PM AKDT · 10999 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
26. 1.819 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaSat, Aug 24, 8:04 AM AKDT · 10999 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
27. 2.231 km W of Nikiski, AlaskaSun, Aug 25, 9:01 PM AKDT · 10997 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
28. 2.46 km NNW of Anchorage, AlaskaMon, Aug 26, 3:02 AM AKDT · 10997 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
29. 1.82 km WSW of Soldotna, AlaskaMon, Aug 26, 3:48 AM AKDT · 10997 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
30. 2.226 km SSW of Anchorage, AlaskaMon, Aug 26, 1:59 PM AKDT · 10997 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
31. 2.829 km WSW of Salamatof, AlaskaMon, Aug 26, 4:32 PM AKDT · 10996 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
32. 2.244 km W of Seward, AlaskaMon, Aug 26, 10:08 PM AKDT · 10996 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
33. 1.94 km ESE of Big Lake, AlaskaTue, Aug 27, 8:05 AM AKDT · 10996 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
34. 1.623 km NE of Sterling, AlaskaThu, Aug 29, 5:27 PM AKDT · 10993 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
35. 2.127 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaThu, Aug 29, 8:37 PM AKDT · 10993 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
36. 2.411 km NNW of Fox River, AlaskaSat, Aug 31, 7:53 AM AKDT · 10992 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
37. 2.85 km SE of Girdwood, AlaskaSat, Aug 31, 10:02 PM AKDT · 10991 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
38. 1.81 km SW of Knik, AlaskaSun, Sep 1, 2:48 AM AKDT · 10991 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
39. 2.010 km SE of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, Sep 1, 2:51 PM AKDT · 10991 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
40. 1.919 km SW of Point MacKenzie, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 11:41 AM AKDT · 10990 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
41. 1.820 km SSE of Point Possession, AlaskaMon, Sep 2, 12:10 PM AKDT · 10990 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
42. 2.623 km NNW of Fox River, AlaskaTue, Sep 3, 12:24 AM AKDT · 10989 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
43. 2.331 km SE of Point Possession, AlaskaTue, Sep 3, 2:01 AM AKDT · 10989 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
44. 2.34 km SE of Nikiski, AlaskaTue, Sep 3, 11:15 AM AKDT · 10989 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
45. 2.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaWed, Sep 4, 1:48 PM AKDT · 10988 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
46. 1.819 km SSE of Whittier, AlaskaWed, Sep 4, 5:25 PM AKDT · 10987 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
47. 1.942 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaFri, Sep 6, 7:55 AM AKDT · 10986 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
48. 2.55 km ENE of Tyonek, AlaskaSat, Sep 7, 4:13 AM AKDT · 10985 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
49. 2.817 km WSW of Susitna, AlaskaSat, Sep 7, 8:43 PM AKDT · 10984 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
50. 2.225 km WNW of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, Sep 8, 1:19 AM AKDT · 10984 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
51. 2.121 km NW of Cooper Landing, AlaskaSun, Sep 8, 6:51 PM AKDT · 10983 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
52. 2.424 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSun, Sep 8, 8:20 PM AKDT · 10983 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
53. 2.54 km E of Soldotna, AlaskaMon, Sep 9, 6:46 AM AKDT · 10983 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
54. 2.15 km ESE of Soldotna, AlaskaMon, Sep 9, 7:37 PM AKDT · 10982 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
55. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, AlaskaWed, Sep 11, 3:12 PM AKDT · 10981 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
56. 1.515 km SE of Susitna, AlaskaWed, Sep 11, 5:45 PM AKDT · 10980 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
57. 2.110 km WSW of Hope, AlaskaThu, Sep 12, 3:36 AM AKDT · 10980 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
58. 2.218 km SSW of Susitna, AlaskaFri, Sep 13, 2:22 AM AKDT · 10979 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
59. 2.121 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, AlaskaTue, Sep 17, 1:48 PM AKDT · 10975 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
60. 2.17 km WSW of Nikiski, AlaskaFri, Sep 20, 1:21 PM AKDT · 10972 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

1. 1.729 km SSE of Funny River, AlaskaWed, Aug 7, 5:23 AM AKDT · 11016 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
2. 2.315 km ESE of Beluga, AlaskaTue, Aug 6, 3:36 PM AKDT · 11017 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
3. 2.136 km NNE of Fox River, AlaskaTue, Aug 6, 12:25 PM AKDT · 11017 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
4. 2.324 km SW of Tyonek, AlaskaTue, Aug 6, 8:47 AM AKDT · 11017 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
5. 2.423 km W of Nikiski, AlaskaSun, Aug 4, 8:10 PM AKDT · 11018 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
6. 2.610 km SSW of Big Lake, AlaskaSat, Aug 3, 5:50 PM AKDT · 11019 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
7. 2.823 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, Aug 3, 11:05 AM AKDT · 11020 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
8. 2.026 km ENE of Beluga, AlaskaSat, Aug 3, 3:06 AM AKDT · 11020 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
9. 1.816 km W of Anchorage, AlaskaFri, Aug 2, 9:13 PM AKDT · 11020 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
10. 3.06 km NNW of Hope, AlaskaThu, Aug 1, 9:38 PM AKDT · 11021 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
11. 1.820 km SW of Hope, AlaskaThu, Aug 1, 1:26 AM AKDT · 11022 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
12. 2.137 km W of Nikiski, AlaskaWed, Jul 31, 7:48 PM AKDT · 11022 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
13. 2.639 km W of Kalifornsky, AlaskaTue, Jul 30, 7:47 PM AKDT · 11023 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
14. 2.040 km SSW of Cooper Landing, AlaskaTue, Jul 30, 7:24 PM AKDT · 11023 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
15. 1.91 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaTue, Jul 30, 6:18 PM AKDT · 11023 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
16. 2.026 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, Jul 30, 12:00 AM AKDT · 11024 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
17. 1.522 km WSW of Anchorage, AlaskaMon, Jul 29, 12:23 AM AKDT · 11025 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
18. 1.61 km NW of Big Lake, AlaskaSun, Jul 28, 9:54 PM AKDT · 11025 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
19. 3.317 km WNW of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, Jul 28, 10:38 AM AKDT · 11026 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
20. 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, AlaskaSun, Jul 28, 12:48 AM AKDT · 11026 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak996a42amnb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.