M2.5 earthquake Central Alaska

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Mon, Aug 18, 1997, 5:57 AM AKDT

UTC

1997-08-18 13:57:03 UTC

Depth

138.5 km (86.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

63.156° N, 150.856° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

22

• Talkeetna, AlaskaPopulation 876. Forecast100 kmNNW
• Knik-Fairview, AlaskaPopulation 14,923. Forecast194 kmNNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast221 kmNNW

After

1. 2.023 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Aug 19, 7:29 AM AKDT · 10639 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.346 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 4:05 AM AKDT · 10638 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.046 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 6:58 AM AKDT · 10638 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
4. 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 2:35 PM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
5. 2.038 km WSW of McKinley Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 11:50 PM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 124 km deep · 80 km away
6. 1.730 km W of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Aug 21, 5:04 AM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
7. 2.749 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Aug 22, 6:03 PM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
8. 2.327 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Aug 22, 11:19 PM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
9. 2.225 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 1:22 AM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
10. 1.830 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 1:57 AM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
11. 2.052 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 2:06 PM AKDT · 10634 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.059 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 8:55 PM AKDT · 10634 days ago · 118 km deep · 41 km away
13. 2.549 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 24, 6:54 AM AKDT · 10634 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
14. 2.820 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 5:13 AM AKDT · 10633 days ago · 172 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.664 km N of Petersville, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 8:12 PM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 122 km deep · 12 km away
16. 2.044 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 8:20 PM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
17. 2.152 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaTue, Aug 26, 10:21 AM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
18. 3.524 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 6:30 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
19. 1.660 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 2:51 PM AKDT · 10630 days ago · 128 km deep · 14 km away
20. 1.752 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 28, 6:07 AM AKDT · 10630 days ago · 122 km deep · 19 km away
21. 1.723 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Aug 29, 5:32 PM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
22. 1.631 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 4:14 AM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
23. 3.962 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 9:26 AM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 126 km deep · 12 km away
24. 3.031 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 4:56 PM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
25. 2.364 km NE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 31, 4:14 AM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
26. 1.543 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 31, 12:59 PM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
27. 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 31, 1:03 PM AKDT · 10627 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
28. 2.447 km SW of Denali National Park, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 7:58 AM AKDT · 10626 days ago · -3 km deep · 75 km away
29. 2.353 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 8:19 AM AKDT · 10626 days ago · 115 km deep · 25 km away
30. 2.129 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 8:58 AM AKDT · 10626 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
31. 2.356 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 7:31 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
32. 2.439 km NE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 11:00 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
33. 3.169 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 12:16 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
34. 2.443 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 8:44 PM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
35. 2.057 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 10:14 PM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 131 km deep · 5 km away
36. 2.136 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 9:03 AM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
37. 1.934 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 6, 1:06 PM AKDT · 10621 days ago · 94 km deep · 62 km away
38. 2.152 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 6, 4:55 PM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 112 km deep · 34 km away
39. 2.040 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 12:58 AM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
40. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 7:58 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
41. 2.453 km W of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Sep 9, 9:25 PM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
42. 2.419 km NNW of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 12:13 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
43. 3.231 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 5:19 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
44. 2.252 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 2:16 PM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
45. 2.568 km NE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Sep 11, 1:55 AM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
46. 2.330 km SW of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Sep 11, 3:41 AM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
47. 2.356 km N of Chase, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 6:45 AM AKDT · 10615 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
48. 1.848 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 7:18 AM AKDT · 10615 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
49. 2.145 km WSW of McKinley Park, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 11:06 AM AKDT · 10615 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
50. 3.847 km S of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 7:39 PM AKDT · 10614 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
51. 2.014 km W of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 13, 8:48 PM AKDT · 10613 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
52. 2.419 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Sep 14, 11:23 PM AKDT · 10612 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
53. 1.726 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 4:24 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
54. 2.030 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 11:05 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
55. 1.828 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 11:11 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
56. 2.158 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 4:40 AM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 118 km deep · 19 km away
57. 3.049 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 1:00 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
58. 2.241 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 9:30 PM AKDT · 10609 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
59. 2.579 km SSW of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Sep 18, 12:30 AM AKDT · 10609 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
60. 2.167 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Sep 19, 12:33 AM AKDT · 10608 days ago · 130 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

1. 1.643 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Aug 17, 7:20 PM AKDT · 10640 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.568 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Aug 17, 12:19 AM AKDT · 10641 days ago · 114 km deep · 10 km away
3. 1.943 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 16, 1:10 PM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
4. 2.326 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Aug 16, 3:42 AM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
5. 4.212 km WSW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Aug 15, 9:12 PM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
6. 2.137 km SW of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Aug 15, 9:37 AM AKDT · 10643 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
7. 2.644 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 14, 4:50 AM AKDT · 10644 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
8. 1.948 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 13, 5:26 PM AKDT · 10644 days ago · 145 km deep · 29 km away
9. 1.744 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 13, 3:01 AM AKDT · 10645 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
10. 2.873 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Aug 11, 3:59 PM AKDT · 10646 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
11. 2.474 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaMon, Aug 11, 4:50 AM AKDT · 10647 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away
12. 1.937 km WSW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Aug 9, 4:53 PM AKDT · 10648 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
13. 1.844 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSat, Aug 9, 12:26 PM AKDT · 10649 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
14. 3.058 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Aug 8, 1:22 PM AKDT · 10650 days ago · 118 km deep · 19 km away
15. 2.0Central AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 9:45 PM AKDT · 10650 days ago · 98 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.163 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 2:30 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
17. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 2:13 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
18. 2.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 11:58 PM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
19. 2.538 km ENE of Chase, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 6:08 PM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
20. 2.422 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Aug 6, 11:01 AM AKDT · 10652 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak997aklooi9 (also filed as usp00086dg). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.