M2.3 earthquake 56 km N of Chase, Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Sep 12, 1997, 6:45 AM AKDT

UTC

1997-09-12 14:45:02 UTC

Depth

88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

62.954° N, 149.955° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

24

• Talkeetna, AlaskaPopulation 876. Forecast70 kmN
• Knik-Fairview, AlaskaPopulation 14,923. Forecast161 kmN
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast193 kmN

After

1. 1.848 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 7:18 AM AKDT · 10615 days ago · 78 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.145 km WSW of McKinley Park, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 11:06 AM AKDT · 10615 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
3. 3.847 km S of Cantwell, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 7:39 PM AKDT · 10614 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
4. 2.014 km W of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 13, 8:48 PM AKDT · 10613 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
5. 2.419 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Sep 14, 11:23 PM AKDT · 10612 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
6. 1.726 km WSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 4:24 PM AKDT · 10611 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.030 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 11:05 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
8. 1.828 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 11:11 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
9. 2.158 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 4:40 AM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
10. 1.642 km SE of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 10:53 AM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
11. 3.049 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 1:00 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
12. 2.241 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 17, 9:30 PM AKDT · 10609 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
13. 2.167 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Sep 19, 12:33 AM AKDT · 10608 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
14. 1.78 km N of Susitna North, AlaskaSat, Sep 20, 6:18 PM AKDT · 10606 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
15. 2.545 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Sep 21, 3:52 AM AKDT · 10606 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
16. 2.535 km W of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Sep 21, 12:45 PM AKDT · 10606 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
17. 2.670 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Sep 21, 3:03 PM AKDT · 10606 days ago · 104 km deep · 25 km away
18. 2.241 km ENE of Susitna North, AlaskaMon, Sep 22, 10:07 AM AKDT · 10605 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
19. 2.928 km ENE of Susitna North, AlaskaMon, Sep 22, 11:52 AM AKDT · 10605 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
20. 2.038 km E of Susitna North, AlaskaTue, Sep 23, 12:37 AM AKDT · 10604 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
21. 2.258 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Sep 23, 2:39 AM AKDT · 10604 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
22. 2.070 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 23, 5:23 AM AKDT · 10604 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
23. 1.645 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 24, 12:59 AM AKDT · 10603 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
24. 2.374 km ESE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 24, 8:09 PM AKDT · 10602 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
25. 2.735 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Sep 25, 12:14 AM AKDT · 10602 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
26. 1.946 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Sep 25, 12:33 PM AKDT · 10602 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
27. 2.355 km S of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Sep 25, 8:24 PM AKDT · 10601 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
28. 1.744 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Sep 25, 8:42 PM AKDT · 10601 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
29. 1.710 km SSW of Trapper Creek, AlaskaFri, Sep 26, 3:51 AM AKDT · 10601 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
30. 2.545 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Sep 26, 8:00 PM AKDT · 10600 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
31. 2.653 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 27, 7:10 AM AKDT · 10600 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
32. 1.557 km ENE of Chase, AlaskaTue, Sep 30, 2:15 PM AKDT · 10597 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
33. 1.534 km NE of Susitna North, AlaskaTue, Sep 30, 7:21 PM AKDT · 10596 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
34. 2.149 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Oct 2, 2:54 AM AKDT · 10595 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
35. 1.942 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaThu, Oct 2, 3:09 PM AKDT · 10595 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
36. 2.448 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Oct 2, 11:22 PM AKDT · 10594 days ago · 89 km deep · 29 km away
37. 2.227 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Oct 4, 9:17 AM AKDT · 10593 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
38. 2.573 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Oct 5, 12:43 AM AKDT · 10592 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
39. 2.367 km N of Petersville, AlaskaSun, Oct 5, 4:46 AM AKDT · 10592 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
40. 2.472 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Oct 5, 11:34 AM AKDT · 10592 days ago · 116 km deep · 37 km away
41. 2.355 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaMon, Oct 6, 3:48 PM AKDT · 10591 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away
42. 2.97 km SE of Talkeetna, AlaskaTue, Oct 7, 4:12 AM AKDT · 10590 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
43. 2.28 km ESE of Talkeetna, AlaskaTue, Oct 7, 5:11 AM AKDT · 10590 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
44. 1.650 km W of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Oct 7, 5:52 PM AKDT · 10589 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
45. 1.943 km WSW of McKinley Park, AlaskaTue, Oct 7, 8:14 PM AKDT · 10589 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
46. 1.657 km NE of Susitna North, AlaskaWed, Oct 8, 1:25 AM AKDT · 10589 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
47. 2.257 km N of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Oct 8, 8:38 AM AKDT · 10589 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away
48. 2.645 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Oct 8, 3:57 PM AKDT · 10589 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
49. 2.750 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaWed, Oct 8, 8:15 PM AKDT · 10588 days ago · 82 km deep · 9 km away
50. 2.128 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaThu, Oct 9, 3:55 PM AKDT · 10588 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
51. 1.914 km ENE of Chase, AlaskaThu, Oct 9, 11:52 PM AKDT · 10587 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
52. 1.741 km SSE of Denali National Park, AlaskaFri, Oct 10, 3:37 AM AKDT · 10587 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
53. 2.856 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaFri, Oct 10, 4:06 AM AKDT · 10587 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
54. 2.546 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Oct 11, 2:25 AM AKDT · 10586 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
55. 3.052 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Oct 11, 2:26 AM AKDT · 10586 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
56. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSat, Oct 11, 1:44 PM AKDT · 10586 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
57. 1.623 km ESE of Susitna North, AlaskaSat, Oct 11, 6:18 PM AKDT · 10585 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
58. 2.244 km SSW of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Oct 12, 8:14 AM AKDT · 10585 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
59. 1.817 km ESE of Susitna North, AlaskaSun, Oct 12, 1:29 PM AKDT · 10585 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
60. 2.943 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaMon, Oct 13, 2:12 AM AKDT · 10584 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

1. 2.330 km SW of Petersville, AlaskaThu, Sep 11, 3:41 AM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
2. 1.74 km S of Trapper Creek, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 6:41 PM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
3. 2.252 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 2:16 PM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
4. 1.859 km ENE of Susitna North, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 5:59 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
5. 3.231 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 5:19 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
6. 2.419 km NNW of Cantwell, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 12:13 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
7. 2.036 km NE of Susitna North, AlaskaMon, Sep 8, 12:10 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
8. 2.344 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 7:58 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
9. 2.012 km NNE of Cantwell, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 5:02 AM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
10. 2.040 km NE of Chase, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 12:58 AM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 72 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.152 km NNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 6, 4:55 PM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 112 km deep · 66 km away
12. 1.934 km WNW of Petersville, AlaskaSat, Sep 6, 1:06 PM AKDT · 10621 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
13. 1.711 km SSE of Trapper Creek, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 11:44 PM AKDT · 10623 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
14. 1.719 km SSW of Trapper Creek, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 8:57 PM AKDT · 10623 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
15. 2.136 km E of Denali National Park, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 9:03 AM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
16. 2.057 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 10:14 PM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 131 km deep · 53 km away
17. 2.443 km SE of Denali National Park, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 8:44 PM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
18. 3.169 km NNE of Petersville, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 12:16 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away
19. 2.439 km NE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 11:00 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
20. 2.356 km NNE of Chase, AlaskaMon, Sep 1, 7:31 PM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak997bpyn7sf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.