Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 42 km ENE of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 42 km ENE of Healy, Alaska on Sat, Mar 1, 1997, 12:33 AM AKST (09:33 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 11 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-03-01 09:33:11 UTC
Depth
-3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.059° N, 148.221° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.257 km E of Healy, Alaska · 10805 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.511 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.012 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10803 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.012 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10802 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.154 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 10801 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.519 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 10801 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.024 km E of Healy, Alaska · 10798 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.860 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 10793 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 3.611 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 10787 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.586 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 10782 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.712 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10779 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.555 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10778 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.99 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10777 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.728 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10776 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.531 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10776 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.822 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 10774 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.527 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10772 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.216 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10768 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.828 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 10765 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.022 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10763 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.016 km S of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10761 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.434 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10758 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.548 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 10756 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.919 km NE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10749 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.341 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10812 days ago · 110 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.526 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.110 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.013 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 10825 days ago · -3 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.745 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.317 km NW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.49 km ESE of Ferry, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.439 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 118 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.455 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away

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