Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 59 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Feb 1, 1997, 3:50 PM AKST (00:50 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 43 km S of Cantwell, 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
1997-02-02 00:50:51 UTC
Depth
78.4 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.903° N, 149.434° 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: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.227 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.068 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.446 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.770 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.354 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.98 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.319 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.735 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.070 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.267 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 128 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.453 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.911 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.08 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.48 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.39 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.410 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.844 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.317 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.715 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.053 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.975 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.464 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.59 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.917 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.339 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.95 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.924 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.944 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.260 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.032 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.646 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 3.153 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.274 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.929 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.039 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 85 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.843 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.250 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.72 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.162 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.832 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.147 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.467 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.614 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.340 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10818 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.858 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.015 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.445 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.771 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.615 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.449 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.442 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10814 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.363 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10814 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.79 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 3.240 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.6Central Alaska · 10813 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 131.

Before

  1. 3.734 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.555 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.064 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10839 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.614 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10842 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.842 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10842 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.778 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10847 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.164 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10847 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.960 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10848 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.850 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10848 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.948 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10849 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 79 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.885 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.92 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.463 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10851 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.484 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.834 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.844 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.958 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 80 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.859 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10854 days ago · 78 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.342 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10855 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away

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