M1.5 earthquake 25 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska on Sun, Jul 6, 1997, 7:06 AM AKDT (15:06 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 26 km N of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-07-06 15:06:45 UTC
- Depth
- 38.6 km (24.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.421° N, 150.333° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.920 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 10681 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.54 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.623 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.818 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.820 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 10677 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 10677 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 10676 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.517 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 10674 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.05 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.61 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.87 km E of Soldotna, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.315 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 10672 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10672 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.84 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10671 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.645 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 10671 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 10671 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.830 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 10670 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.72 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Girdwood, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.924 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 10667 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 10667 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.011 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 10667 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.610 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.39 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 10665 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.543 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10664 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.39 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 10664 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.515 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10661 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10660 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.319 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10659 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.212 km NW of Hope, Alaska · 10659 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.033 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 10658 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.621 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 10658 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.523 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10658 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 10658 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10657 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.732 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10655 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 10655 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 10653 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.119 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 10653 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.626 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.35 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 10652 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.28 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.017 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.515 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.012 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10648 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 10648 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10647 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10646 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 103.
Before
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 10684 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 10686 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.75 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 10686 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.816 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10686 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 10689 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.35 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10689 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.726 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10690 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.539 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 10692 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.812 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 10692 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.58 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.18 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.425 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.46 km SW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.118 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 10694 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 10694 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.418 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10694 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.422 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 10694 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.319 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10696 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.39 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 10696 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
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