M2.0 earthquake Central Alaska

Magnitude

2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, Aug 7, 1997, 9:45 PM AKDT

UTC

1997-08-08 05:45:28 UTC

Depth

98.1 km (61.0 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

63.096° N, 150.351° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

19

• Talkeetna, AlaskaPopulation 876. Forecast87 kmN
• Knik-Fairview, AlaskaPopulation 14,923. Forecast180 kmNNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast210 kmN

After

1. 3.058 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Aug 8, 1:22 PM AKDT · 10650 days ago · 118 km deep · 37 km away
2. 1.844 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 9, 12:26 PM AKDT · 10649 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
3. 1.937 km WSW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Aug 9, 4:53 PM AKDT · 10648 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
4. 2.474 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Aug 11, 4:50 AM AKDT · 10647 days ago · 118 km deep · 15 km away
5. 2.873 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Aug 11, 3:59 PM AKDT · 10647 days ago · 115 km deep · 11 km away
6. 1.744 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 13, 3:01 AM AKDT · 10645 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
7. 1.948 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 13, 5:26 PM AKDT · 10644 days ago · 145 km deep · 42 km away
8. 2.644 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 14, 4:50 AM AKDT · 10644 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
9. 2.137 km SW of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Aug 15, 9:37 AM AKDT · 10643 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
10. 4.212 km WSW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Aug 15, 9:12 PM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
11. 2.326 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 16, 3:42 AM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
12. 1.943 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 16, 1:10 PM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
13. 2.568 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Aug 17, 12:19 AM AKDT · 10641 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away
14. 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 17, 7:20 PM AKDT · 10640 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
15. 2.5Central AlaskaMon, Aug 18, 5:57 AM AKDT · 10640 days ago · 139 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.023 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Aug 19, 7:29 AM AKDT · 10639 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
17. 2.346 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 4:05 AM AKDT · 10638 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
18. 2.046 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 6:58 AM AKDT · 10638 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
19. 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 2:35 PM AKDT · 10638 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
20. 2.038 km WSW of McKinley Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 11:50 PM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 124 km deep · 69 km away
21. 1.730 km W of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Aug 21, 5:04 AM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
22. 2.749 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Aug 22, 6:03 PM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
23. 2.327 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Aug 22, 11:19 PM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
24. 2.225 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 1:22 AM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
25. 1.830 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 1:57 AM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
26. 2.052 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 2:06 PM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
27. 2.059 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 8:55 PM AKDT · 10634 days ago · 118 km deep · 18 km away
28. 2.549 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 24, 6:54 AM AKDT · 10634 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
29. 2.820 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 5:13 AM AKDT · 10633 days ago · 172 km deep · 67 km away
30. 1.664 km N of Petersville, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 8:12 PM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 122 km deep · 32 km away
31. 2.044 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 8:20 PM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
32. 2.152 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaTue, Aug 26, 10:21 AM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
33. 3.524 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 6:30 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
34. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 2:51 PM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
35. 1.752 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 28, 6:07 AM AKDT · 10630 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away
36. 1.723 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Aug 29, 5:32 PM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
37. 1.631 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 4:14 AM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
38. 3.962 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 9:26 AM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
39. 3.031 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 4:56 PM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
40. 2.364 km NE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 31, 4:14 AM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
41. 1.543 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 31, 12:59 PM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
42. 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 31, 1:03 PM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
43. 2.353 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 8:19 AM AKDT · 10626 days ago · 115 km deep · 41 km away
44. 2.129 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 8:58 AM AKDT · 10626 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
45. 2.356 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 7:31 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 79 km deep · 48 km away
46. 2.439 km NE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 11:00 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
47. 3.169 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 12:16 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 109 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.443 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 8:44 PM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
49. 2.057 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 10:14 PM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 131 km deep · 28 km away
50. 2.136 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 9:03 AM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
51. 1.711 km SSE of Trapper Creek, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 11:44 PM AKDT · 10623 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
52. 1.934 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 6, 1:06 PM AKDT · 10621 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
53. 2.152 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 6, 4:55 PM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
54. 2.040 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 12:58 AM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
55. 2.012 km NNE of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 5:02 AM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
56. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 7:58 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
57. 2.036 km NE of Susitna North, AlaskaMon, Sep 8, 12:10 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
58. 2.453 km W of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Sep 9, 9:25 PM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
59. 2.419 km NNW of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 12:13 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
60. 3.231 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 5:19 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

1. 2.163 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 2:30 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
2. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 2:13 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
3. 2.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 11:58 PM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
4. 2.538 km ENE of Chase, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 6:08 PM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
5. 2.422 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 11:01 AM AKDT · 10652 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
6. 3.041 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 8:19 AM AKDT · 10652 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.259 km N of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Aug 5, 10:05 PM AKDT · 10652 days ago · 112 km deep · 32 km away
8. 1.649 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Aug 5, 6:39 PM AKDT · 10652 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
9. 2.254 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Aug 5, 3:08 AM AKDT · 10653 days ago · 105 km deep · 16 km away
10. 1.648 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Aug 4, 9:27 PM AKDT · 10653 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
11. 1.559 km E of Chase, AlaskaMon, Aug 4, 9:51 AM AKDT · 10654 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
12. 2.138 km NE of Susitna North, AlaskaSun, Aug 3, 10:32 PM AKDT · 10654 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
13. 1.960 km ENE of Chase, AlaskaSun, Aug 3, 1:58 PM AKDT · 10655 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
14. 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 3, 8:10 AM AKDT · 10655 days ago · 126 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.359 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 2, 4:13 PM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 131 km deep · 30 km away
16. 1.974 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 2, 11:02 AM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
17. 1.937 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Aug 2, 3:33 AM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
18. 1.845 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Aug 2, 2:48 AM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
19. 2.665 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 2, 2:18 AM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 131 km deep · 26 km away
20. 3.223 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Aug 1, 9:03 PM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak997a3xh82m. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.