M2.0 earthquake 43 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 43 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Apr 21, 1997, 9:38 PM AKDT (05:38 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-04-22 05:38:34 UTC
- Depth
- 84.1 km (52.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.870° N, 152.584° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.817 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10758 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10757 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.017 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 10756 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.051 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10756 days ago · 93 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.460 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10756 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.632 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 154 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.011 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.343 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 86 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.166 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.234 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 165 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.618 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10755 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.431 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 10754 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.055 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10754 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.171 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10754 days ago · 130 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10754 days ago · 129 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 10754 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.537 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10754 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.562 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 10753 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10753 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.711 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10753 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.163 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10753 days ago · 111 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.210 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10753 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10752 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10752 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.521 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 10752 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.811 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10752 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.357 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10751 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.019 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 10751 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10750 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.83 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 10750 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 10750 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.812 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.140 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 93 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.161 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 114 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.059 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.32 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.853 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 10748 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.564 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 10748 days ago · 147 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.421 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10748 days ago · 78 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.425 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 10747 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10746 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 10746 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.842 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10746 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.146 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10746 days ago · 125 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.845 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.320 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.427 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 163 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.365 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 89 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.042 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.249 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.668 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.739 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 125 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.339 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10758 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.136 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10759 days ago · 149 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.336 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10759 days ago · 138 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 10759 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10760 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10760 days ago · 96 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.957 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10760 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.623 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10761 days ago · 134 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10761 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.36 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10761 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.259 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10761 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.957 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10762 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.252 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10763 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.758 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 10763 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.823 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10763 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10764 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.323 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10764 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10764 days ago · 99 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.270 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10764 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.325 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 10764 days ago · 147 km deep · 62 km away
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