M2.3 earthquake 2 km W of Cohoe, Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, May 1, 1997, 7:05 PM AKDT

UTC

1997-05-02 03:05:14 UTC

Depth

47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.365° N, 151.352° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

25

• Cohoe, AlaskaPopulation 1,364. Forecast3 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast123 kmSW

After

1. 3.421 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, May 2, 6:34 AM AKDT · 10748 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, May 3, 1:34 AM AKDT · 10747 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
3. 2.425 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSat, May 3, 1:44 AM AKDT · 10747 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
4. 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AlaskaSat, May 3, 11:20 PM AKDT · 10746 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
5. 2.6Southern AlaskaSun, May 4, 2:16 AM AKDT · 10746 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
6. 1.57 km E of Nikiski, AlaskaSun, May 4, 8:19 AM AKDT · 10746 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
7. 1.96 km ESE of Tyonek, AlaskaSun, May 4, 9:44 PM AKDT · 10745 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
8. 2.28 km WNW of Point Possession, AlaskaMon, May 5, 6:39 AM AKDT · 10745 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
9. 2.320 km W of Cohoe, AlaskaMon, May 5, 2:51 PM AKDT · 10745 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
10. 1.815 km E of Clam Gulch, AlaskaMon, May 5, 4:01 PM AKDT · 10745 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
11. 2.365 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaMon, May 5, 6:43 PM AKDT · 10744 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
12. 2.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaMon, May 5, 8:38 PM AKDT · 10744 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.042 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 6, 2:23 AM AKDT · 10744 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
14. 2.249 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 6, 11:50 AM AKDT · 10744 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
15. 2.065 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaTue, May 6, 3:45 PM AKDT · 10744 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
16. 1.617 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaWed, May 7, 9:26 PM AKDT · 10742 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
17. 1.843 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaThu, May 8, 12:40 PM AKDT · 10742 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
18. 2.183 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaThu, May 8, 5:52 PM AKDT · 10741 days ago · 140 km deep · 99 km away
19. 2.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaFri, May 9, 4:16 AM AKDT · 10741 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
20. 1.725 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, May 9, 5:28 AM AKDT · 10741 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
21. 2.252 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaFri, May 9, 1:23 PM AKDT · 10741 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
22. 1.8Southern AlaskaFri, May 9, 11:01 PM AKDT · 10740 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
23. 2.068 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaFri, May 9, 11:27 PM AKDT · 10740 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
24. 2.250 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, May 12, 10:43 AM AKDT · 10738 days ago · 97 km deep · 59 km away
25. 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, May 12, 12:47 PM AKDT · 10738 days ago · 81 km deep · 51 km away
26. 1.87 km E of Nikolaevsk, AlaskaMon, May 12, 3:05 PM AKDT · 10738 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
27. 2.141 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaTue, May 13, 7:15 AM AKDT · 10737 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
28. 4.715 km NNW of Point Possession, AlaskaTue, May 13, 3:11 PM AKDT · 10737 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
29. 1.633 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaWed, May 14, 2:05 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
30. 1.95 km SSE of Clam Gulch, AlaskaWed, May 14, 4:27 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
31. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, AlaskaWed, May 14, 6:56 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
32. 2.176 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:56 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
33. 2.267 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaWed, May 14, 6:04 PM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
34. 1.951 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaWed, May 14, 7:07 PM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
35. 1.945 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaWed, May 14, 7:44 PM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
36. 1.723 km NE of Point Possession, AlaskaWed, May 14, 8:00 PM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
37. 2.167 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaThu, May 15, 12:28 AM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 135 km deep · 98 km away
38. 1.522 km W of Hope, AlaskaThu, May 15, 2:17 AM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
39. 2.572 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, May 15, 10:14 AM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
40. 2.222 km SW of Tyonek, AKThu, May 15, 9:33 PM AKDT · 10734 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
41. 2.014 km NW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, May 16, 8:49 AM AKDT · 10734 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
42. 1.832 km WNW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, May 16, 4:05 PM AKDT · 10734 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
43. 2.330 km WSW of Anchor Point, AlaskaSat, May 17, 5:25 AM AKDT · 10733 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
44. 1.87 km SE of Happy Valley, AlaskaSat, May 17, 10:48 AM AKDT · 10733 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
45. 2.025 km SSW of Anchorage, AlaskaSat, May 17, 4:09 PM AKDT · 10733 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
46. 2.34 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, AlaskaSat, May 17, 4:31 PM AKDT · 10733 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
47. 2.366 km E of Port Alsworth, AlaskaSat, May 17, 8:55 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
48. 1.720 km NNE of Point Possession, AlaskaSat, May 17, 8:58 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
49. 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, May 18, 1:39 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
50. 2.183 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, May 18, 4:26 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 129 km deep · 84 km away
51. 3.59 km NNE of Ridgeway, AlaskaSun, May 18, 7:54 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
52. 2.910 km NNE of Ridgeway, AlaskaSun, May 18, 8:46 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
53. 1.71 km SW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, May 18, 8:49 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
54. 1.968 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, May 18, 10:40 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 131 km deep · 72 km away
55. 1.816 km ESE of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSun, May 18, 11:33 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
56. 1.66 km NW of Salamatof, AlaskaMon, May 19, 3:09 AM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
57. 2.355 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaMon, May 19, 10:19 AM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
58. 1.749 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 20, 12:58 AM AKDT · 10730 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
59. 1.723 km WNW of Anchor Point, AlaskaTue, May 20, 1:00 AM AKDT · 10730 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
60. 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 20, 7:16 AM AKDT · 10730 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

1. 3.059 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, May 1, 6:17 PM AKDT · 10748 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.161 km W of Happy Valley, AlaskaThu, May 1, 10:12 AM AKDT · 10749 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
3. 1.713 km ESE of Tyonek, AlaskaThu, May 1, 8:35 AM AKDT · 10749 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
4. 2.140 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, May 1, 2:01 AM AKDT · 10749 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
5. 1.812 km E of Happy Valley, AlaskaWed, Apr 30, 8:23 PM AKDT · 10749 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.55 km SW of Kasilof, AlaskaWed, Apr 30, 6:54 PM AKDT · 10749 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
7. 2.83 km E of Fox River, AlaskaWed, Apr 30, 5:58 PM AKDT · 10749 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
8. 1.817 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, Apr 30, 5:03 AM AKDT · 10750 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
9. 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaWed, Apr 30, 2:31 AM AKDT · 10750 days ago · 79 km deep · 68 km away
10. 2.019 km WNW of Kalifornsky, AlaskaTue, Apr 29, 8:13 AM AKDT · 10751 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.357 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, Apr 29, 12:37 AM AKDT · 10751 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
12. 1.811 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaMon, Apr 28, 6:15 PM AKDT · 10751 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
13. 2.521 km ENE of Halibut Cove, AlaskaMon, Apr 28, 5:24 PM AKDT · 10752 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
14. 2.320 km W of Nikiski, AlaskaMon, Apr 28, 5:18 PM AKDT · 10752 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.613 km NNE of Sterling, AlaskaMon, Apr 28, 1:44 AM AKDT · 10752 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
16. 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Apr 27, 8:36 PM AKDT · 10752 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
17. 2.210 km E of Happy Valley, AlaskaSun, Apr 27, 3:58 PM AKDT · 10753 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
18. 3.163 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, Apr 27, 3:35 PM AKDT · 10753 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
19. 1.711 km ESE of Ninilchik, AlaskaSun, Apr 27, 10:03 AM AKDT · 10753 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
20. 1.96 km NE of Kenai, AlaskaSat, Apr 26, 6:09 PM AKDT · 10753 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away

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