Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 12 km N of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Sun, Feb 2, 1997, 11:34 AM AKST (20:34 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 20 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Fishhook forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-02-02 20:34:49 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.852° N, 149.221° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.544 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.526 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.931 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.420 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.826 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.319 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.735 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 3.070 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.127 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.126 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 1.643 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.911 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.08 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.48 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.39 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.410 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.844 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.59 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.927 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.032 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10827 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.457 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.516 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.917 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.95 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10825 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.843 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10825 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.12 km SW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10824 days ago · -2 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 1.924 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.819 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 4.319 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 2.119 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 4.720 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 1.53 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.039 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.72 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.93 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.832 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 1.624 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.016 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.027 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.467 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.614 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.99 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 1.918 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.015 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.771 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.113 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 1.615 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.67 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.85 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 10814 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.912 km E of Willow, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.18 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.79 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 3.240 km E of Chase, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.922 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 10813 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.6Central Alaska · 10812 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.732 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 10812 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.718 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 10812 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 1.77 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 10811 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.845 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10811 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 2.245 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.816 km W of Willow, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.920 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.223 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 10839 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.112 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.932 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.125 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10842 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.25 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.06 km W of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.778 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.164 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10846 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.919 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10848 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.850 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10848 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.235 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10849 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.92 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.926 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10850 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.617 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 10851 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.834 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.727 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 10852 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.844 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10853 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak9971iwuik9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.