Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 30 km ENE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 30 km ENE of Chase, Alaska on Fri, Jun 20, 1997, 11:15 AM AKDT (19:15 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 12 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-06-20 19:15:45 UTC
Depth
-3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.582° N, 149.590° 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: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.023 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10699 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.348 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10698 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.727 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10698 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.456 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10698 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.733 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10698 days ago · 65 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.260 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10697 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.930 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10697 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.062 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10696 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.55 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 10696 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.95 km NW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10696 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10695 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.864 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10694 days ago · 133 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.58 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.558 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.653 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10692 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.661 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10692 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.715 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.730 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.947 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.625 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10690 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.627 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10690 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.343 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10690 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.910 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10689 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.113 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10688 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.167 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10688 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.930 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10688 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.859 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.65 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.769 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.647 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.975 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.660 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10686 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 3.046 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.250 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.528 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.755 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.825 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.038 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10683 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.138 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10683 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.157 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10683 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.115 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 10682 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.865 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10682 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.824 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10682 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.072 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10682 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.624 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10681 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.77 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10681 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.5Central Alaska · 10681 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 2.435 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.547 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 2.267 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 2.637 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.55 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 10679 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.162 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10679 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.733 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 10679 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.350 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.050 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 1.69 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 2.151 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10677 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.461 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10677 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.83 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 10676 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 145.

Before

  1. 1.767 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10699 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.975 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10699 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.728 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10699 days ago · 76 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.951 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10700 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.226 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10701 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.456 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10702 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.619 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10702 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.735 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10702 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.130 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.726 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10704 days ago · 96 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.572 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10706 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.962 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.619 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.056 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.039 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 57 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.628 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10708 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.00 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10708 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.316 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 10708 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.817 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10708 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.610 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10709 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away

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