M2.3 earthquake 20 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 20 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Sun, Jun 29, 1997, 12:30 PM AKDT (20:30 UTC), 21 km (13 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-06-29 20:30:03 UTC
- Depth
- 20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.953° N, 147.011° 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: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.533 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10689 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10687 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.023 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 10685 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.837 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10684 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 10684 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10683 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.826 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10683 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.431 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 10682 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10680 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.047 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 10678 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10677 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10676 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.050 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10675 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.349 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 10674 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.844 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 10674 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.947 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10674 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.045 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.234 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 10673 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.542 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 10669 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.034 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 10668 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.637 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10667 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 10666 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 10665 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 10662 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 10661 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.715 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 10659 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.138 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 10658 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 10658 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 10656 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.338 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.147 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.448 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 10651 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.556 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10650 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.841 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 10649 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.852 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 10648 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10647 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.743 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 10645 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10644 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10643 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.243 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10643 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.851 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10642 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.755 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10642 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.629 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10641 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.949 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 10640 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.512 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10639 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.647 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 10639 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.340 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 10639 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 10639 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10638 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.355 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10637 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.117 km NE of Valdez, Alaska · 10637 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10636 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.154 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 10636 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10635 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.938 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 10633 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of 67.
Before
- 2.634 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10690 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.550 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.244 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 10691 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.320 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10692 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.58 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10693 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10695 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.337 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 10695 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.249 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 10697 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.864 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10702 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.442 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.654 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.255 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.055 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10703 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.455 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10704 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 10704 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10705 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.09 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.622 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
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