M2.1 earthquake 4 km W of Healy, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 4 km W of Healy, Alaska on Sun, Sep 7, 1997, 9:43 AM AKDT (17:43 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 47 km S of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-09-07 17:43:09 UTC
- Depth
- 115.3 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 63.858° N, 149.051° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10619 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 10619 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.542 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 10618 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.447 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10618 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.419 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10617 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.314 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10616 days ago · 118 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.568 km NE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10616 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.145 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10615 days ago · 126 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.949 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10615 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.847 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10614 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10614 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10611 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.030 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10610 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10610 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.642 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10610 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.049 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10610 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10608 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.756 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 10606 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.374 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10602 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.468 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10601 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.545 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10600 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.015 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10598 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.446 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 10595 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10594 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.114 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10594 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10590 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.943 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10589 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.244 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10585 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.948 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10582 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.936 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10582 days ago · 122 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.848 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10581 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.423 km E of Healy, Alaska · 10579 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.641 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 10577 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.830 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 10577 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.042 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10577 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.032 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10576 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.938 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 10574 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.121 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 10572 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.971 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10571 days ago · 130 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.648 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10568 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.541 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 10568 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10567 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.074 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10562 days ago · 148 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.970 km ESE of Denali Park, AK · 10560 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 2.012 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10620 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.69 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10622 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 10624 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.625 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 10626 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.129 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10626 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.364 km NE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10627 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.059 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10634 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.736 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 10637 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10637 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10638 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 10641 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.943 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10642 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.137 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10643 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.645 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 10643 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.948 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10645 days ago · 145 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 10646 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.65 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 10646 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.873 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10647 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.474 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10647 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.458 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10647 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
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