Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Jan 8, 1997, 11:21 PM AKST (08:21 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-01-09 08:21:49 UTC
Depth
78.2 km (48.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.284° N, 148.198° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.039 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.955 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.749 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10860 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.553 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10859 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.245 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 10857 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10857 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.859 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10854 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.958 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.484 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10851 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.885 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.552 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10849 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.079 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10847 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.164 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.778 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.614 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10842 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.357 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 10839 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.064 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.227 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.068 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10835 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.455 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.439 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.49 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 3.070 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.453 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.317 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.339 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 10825 days ago · -3 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.110 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 3.153 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 2.274 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.039 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.058 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.467 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.858 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.771 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.341 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10812 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.142 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10810 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 3.145 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10809 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 3.743 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10808 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.043 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10806 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.257 km E of Healy, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.072 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.511 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.012 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 1.857 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.012 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10802 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.946 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10802 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 3.119 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10863 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.742 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10864 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.021 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10868 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.4Central Alaska · 10869 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.775 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 10869 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.963 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.938 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10870 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.862 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10871 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.945 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10877 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.561 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.064 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10879 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.334 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10880 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.816 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10881 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.145 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10882 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.052 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10883 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.044 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10884 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.224 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 10884 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.829 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10884 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.056 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away

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