Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 39 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Feb 12, 1997, 10:23 PM AKST (07:23 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 65 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-02-13 07:23:35 UTC
Depth
93.9 km (58.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.245° N, 149.678° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 10826 days ago · -3 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.924 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10825 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.110 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.944 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.260 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.032 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.646 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.153 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.274 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.929 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.039 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 85 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.827 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.843 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.250 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.162 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.428 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.147 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.340 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10818 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 3.170 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 10818 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.858 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10818 days ago · 86 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.035 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.445 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.771 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.731 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.449 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.442 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.363 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10814 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.240 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.846 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10812 days ago · -3 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.244 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10811 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.846 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10810 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.647 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10810 days ago · -3 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.744 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10810 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.266 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10809 days ago · 137 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 3.145 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10809 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 3.743 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10809 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 1.843 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10807 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.545 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10807 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.043 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10807 days ago · 92 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 1.744 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10806 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.560 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 2.469 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 3.031 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.461 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.848 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.072 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.250 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10804 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.511 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10804 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.012 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10804 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.857 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 1.949 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.266 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 122 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.012 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 3.422 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.946 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 2.735 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.956 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10802 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 3.033 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10827 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.464 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 118 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.975 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.053 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.317 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.911 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.453 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.826 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.267 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.49 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.455 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.354 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.770 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 109 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.446 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.068 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.729 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.227 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away

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