Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 33 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 33 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Sun, Oct 27, 1996, 8:40 AM AKST (17:40 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 6 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1996-10-27 17:40:51 UTC
Depth
37.5 km (23.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.074° N, 148.858° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.62 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 10934 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.018 km ENE of Petersville, Alaska · 10934 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.131 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10933 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.130 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 10932 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.94 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 10931 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.815 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10931 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.611 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10930 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.9Central Alaska · 10930 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.622 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10929 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.88 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10929 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.040 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10929 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.937 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10928 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.24 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 10927 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.561 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10923 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.781 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10923 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.723 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10923 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.726 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10923 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.518 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10922 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.934 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10922 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.519 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 10922 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.94 km N of Susitna North, Alaska · 10922 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.310 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 10920 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 4.66 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10920 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 1.858 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10920 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.653 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10919 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.116 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10919 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.16 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10919 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.758 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10918 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.77 km S of Willow, Alaska · 10918 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.359 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10918 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.718 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 10913 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.87 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 10913 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.052 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10908 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.023 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10908 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.957 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10907 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 1.628 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10907 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 3.25 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10906 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.76 km WSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10906 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.110 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10905 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.522 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10905 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.115 km ESE of Susitna, Alaska · 10902 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.33 km NNE of Knik, Alaska · 10901 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.525 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10900 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 1.911 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 10899 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.236 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10898 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.110 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10898 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.539 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10897 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 1.96 km SSW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10895 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.33 km NNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 10895 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.713 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10894 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.48 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 10893 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 2.157 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10893 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.033 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10892 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.920 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 10892 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.325 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10892 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.06 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10892 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.07 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 10892 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 2.169 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10891 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.564 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10891 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.51 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10889 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 2.0Central Alaska · 10935 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.88 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 10937 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.633 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 10937 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.78 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 10937 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.714 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 10938 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.537 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 10938 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.040 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 10939 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.440 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10940 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.61 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10940 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.711 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10941 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.066 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10941 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.844 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10941 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.741 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10942 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.441 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10942 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.858 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10943 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.63 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10945 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.449 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10945 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.711 km N of Houston, Alaska · 10947 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.93 km E of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10947 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.4Central Alaska · 10947 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away

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