M2.1 earthquake 51 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 51 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska on Sat, May 24, 1997, 4:55 AM AKDT (12:55 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 50 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 1997-05-24 12:55:00 UTC
- Depth
- 24.7 km (15.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.412° N, 146.856° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.818 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 10720 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.037 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.236 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.710 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 10719 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.837 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.036 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.353 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10716 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.936 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10716 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10715 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.737 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.553 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10711 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.032 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.622 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.09 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10705 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.440 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 10705 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.455 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10704 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.160 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 10704 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.055 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.255 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.654 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.864 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 10696 days ago · -2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.337 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10695 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10695 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.320 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10692 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.550 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.634 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10690 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.914 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 10686 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10683 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10677 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.050 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.844 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 10674 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.637 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 2.043 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10727 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.942 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10727 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.827 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10730 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.336 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10730 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 10731 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.614 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 10733 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10737 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.542 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 10740 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10740 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.728 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 10740 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10741 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10741 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.162 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.863 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.060 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.935 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10746 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.351 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10747 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.314 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 10748 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
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