M2.1 earthquake 54 km NNE of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 54 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Mon, Jul 21, 1997, 6:37 PM AKDT (02:37 UTC), 88 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 12 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-07-22 02:37:51 UTC
- Depth
- 87.6 km (54.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 62.923° N, 149.807° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.984 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10667 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10667 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.061 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.844 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.047 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 10665 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.742 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10665 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10664 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.135 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10664 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.821 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10664 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10664 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.460 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10663 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.510 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 10663 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.836 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10663 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.160 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10662 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.443 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10662 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.330 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10662 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.325 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10661 days ago · 85 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.110 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10661 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.871 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10661 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Central Alaska · 10661 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.662 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10660 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.760 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10660 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.729 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10660 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.732 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10660 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.255 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10659 days ago · 89 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.048 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10659 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.246 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10659 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.515 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10658 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.020 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10657 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.053 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10657 days ago · 81 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.544 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10657 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.728 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10657 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.223 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.665 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.845 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.937 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.974 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10655 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10655 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.138 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10654 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.559 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10654 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.648 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10653 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.254 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10653 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.649 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.259 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.519 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.041 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.422 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.538 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 10650 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.781 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.058 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 137.
Before
- 2.538 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.762 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10670 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.519 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10670 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10671 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.024 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10671 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.639 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10672 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.244 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10672 days ago · -3 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.7Central Alaska · 10672 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.160 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10672 days ago · 128 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.969 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.443 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.954 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10674 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.361 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.262 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 134 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.861 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.042 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10676 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10676 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
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