M1.8 earthquake 17 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, Aug 15, 1997, 3:48 AM AKDT

UTC

1997-08-15 11:48:15 UTC

Depth

17.3 km (10.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.944° N, 146.967° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

32

• Valdez, AlaskaPopulation 3,870. Forecast39 kmWSW
• Eagle River, AlaskaPopulation 24,793. Forecast146 kmESE
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast161 kmE

After

1. 2.243 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Aug 15, 4:21 AM AKDT · 10643 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
2. 1.851 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Aug 16, 12:59 AM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
3. 1.755 km SSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Aug 16, 2:25 PM AKDT · 10642 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
4. 1.629 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Aug 17, 4:01 AM AKDT · 10641 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
5. 1.949 km S of Glacier View, AlaskaMon, Aug 18, 10:46 AM AKDT · 10640 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
6. 1.512 km SSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Aug 18, 7:33 PM AKDT · 10639 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.647 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaMon, Aug 18, 11:54 PM AKDT · 10639 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
8. 2.340 km SSE of Glacier View, AlaskaTue, Aug 19, 11:19 AM AKDT · 10639 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
9. 1.9Southern AlaskaTue, Aug 19, 1:51 PM AKDT · 10639 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
10. 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, AlaskaWed, Aug 20, 2:46 PM AKDT · 10638 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
11. 2.355 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaThu, Aug 21, 4:55 AM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
12. 3.117 km NE of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Aug 21, 11:11 AM AKDT · 10637 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
13. 1.731 km SSW of Glacier View, AlaskaThu, Aug 21, 11:58 PM AKDT · 10636 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
14. 2.154 km SSW of Glacier View, AlaskaFri, Aug 22, 2:00 PM AKDT · 10636 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
15. 1.727 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Aug 23, 8:16 AM AKDT · 10635 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
16. 1.938 km NNE of Whittier, AlaskaMon, Aug 25, 1:01 PM AKDT · 10633 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
17. 1.638 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Aug 26, 9:22 AM AKDT · 10632 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
18. 1.936 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 6:12 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
19. 1.532 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 7:26 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
20. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 8:19 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
21. 1.631 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 9:07 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
22. 1.838 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Aug 27, 10:53 AM AKDT · 10631 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
23. 1.556 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaThu, Aug 28, 12:13 PM AKDT · 10630 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
24. 2.27 km SSE of Glacier View, AlaskaFri, Aug 29, 12:56 AM AKDT · 10629 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
25. 1.736 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Aug 29, 9:15 PM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
26. 1.912 km N of Tatitlek, AlaskaSat, Aug 30, 10:54 AM AKDT · 10628 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
27. 1.930 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Sep 2, 3:55 AM AKDT · 10625 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
28. 1.915 km SSE of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Sep 3, 3:03 AM AKDT · 10624 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
29. 1.543 km N of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Sep 4, 1:19 PM AKDT · 10623 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
30. 1.643 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 6:47 AM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
31. 2.140 km SSE of Glacier View, AlaskaSun, Sep 7, 5:20 PM AKDT · 10620 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
32. 2.651 km N of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Sep 8, 3:34 AM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
33. 1.949 km N of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Sep 8, 12:40 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
34. 1.79 km SW of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Sep 8, 2:15 PM AKDT · 10619 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
35. 1.816 km NW of Cordova, AlaskaTue, Sep 9, 9:39 AM AKDT · 10618 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
36. 1.532 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaTue, Sep 9, 9:59 PM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
37. 1.644 km S of Nelchina, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 3:48 AM AKDT · 10617 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
38. 2.016 km W of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Sep 10, 7:46 PM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
39. 1.948 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaThu, Sep 11, 2:05 AM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
40. 2.048 km E of Chenega, AlaskaThu, Sep 11, 6:51 AM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
41. 3.636 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Sep 11, 5:18 PM AKDT · 10616 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
42. 2.044 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Sep 12, 12:18 AM AKDT · 10615 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
43. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Sep 14, 4:55 AM AKDT · 10613 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
44. 1.745 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Sep 14, 7:54 PM AKDT · 10612 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
45. 1.548 km N of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Sep 15, 12:06 AM AKDT · 10612 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
46. 2.037 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaMon, Sep 15, 4:10 PM AKDT · 10612 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
47. 3.852 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Sep 15, 8:35 PM AKDT · 10611 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
48. 1.632 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Sep 16, 5:51 PM AKDT · 10610 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
49. 2.114 km NNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Sep 21, 6:13 AM AKDT · 10606 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
50. 1.542 km N of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Sep 23, 4:22 AM AKDT · 10604 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
51. 1.846 km WNW of Valdez, AlaskaTue, Sep 23, 5:52 AM AKDT · 10604 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
52. 2.652 km E of Chenega, AlaskaFri, Sep 26, 1:05 AM AKDT · 10601 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
53. 1.953 km SSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Sep 26, 7:15 AM AKDT · 10601 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
54. 1.546 km NNW of Valdez, AlaskaSun, Sep 28, 4:53 AM AKDT · 10599 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
55. 2.459 km WNW of Tatitlek, AlaskaSun, Sep 28, 12:14 PM AKDT · 10599 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
56. 1.7Southern AlaskaMon, Sep 29, 8:56 AM AKDT · 10598 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
57. 2.141 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaTue, Sep 30, 5:54 PM AKDT · 10596 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
58. 1.641 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Oct 1, 12:00 AM AKDT · 10596 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
59. 1.743 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaWed, Oct 1, 10:39 AM AKDT · 10596 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
60. 1.733 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Oct 1, 10:52 AM AKDT · 10596 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

1. 1.534 km SSW of Glacier View, AlaskaThu, Aug 14, 6:04 AM AKDT · 10644 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
2. 1.743 km N of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Aug 13, 2:52 PM AKDT · 10645 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
3. 1.546 km WSW of Tatitlek, AlaskaMon, Aug 11, 3:13 AM AKDT · 10647 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
4. 3.852 km ESE of Knik River, AlaskaSat, Aug 9, 5:46 PM AKDT · 10648 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
5. 1.841 km N of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Aug 8, 7:51 PM AKDT · 10649 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
6. 1.556 km SW of Tatitlek, AlaskaFri, Aug 8, 1:36 AM AKDT · 10650 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.448 km SSE of Nelchina, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 7:02 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
8. 2.147 km N of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 7:02 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.338 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, AlaskaThu, Aug 7, 6:03 AM AKDT · 10651 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
10. 1.537 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaFri, Aug 1, 8:04 PM AKDT · 10656 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
11. 1.7Southern AlaskaThu, Jul 31, 4:37 AM AKDT · 10658 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
12. 2.138 km NW of Valdez, AlaskaThu, Jul 31, 4:33 AM AKDT · 10658 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
13. 1.715 km W of Valdez, AlaskaWed, Jul 30, 9:04 AM AKDT · 10659 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
14. 1.653 km SSE of Glacier View, AlaskaMon, Jul 28, 9:07 AM AKDT · 10661 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
15. 1.646 km SSE of Glacier View, AlaskaSat, Jul 26, 11:09 PM AKDT · 10662 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
16. 1.851 km SW of Cordova, AlaskaThu, Jul 24, 8:04 AM AKDT · 10665 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
17. 1.644 km ENE of Chenega, AlaskaTue, Jul 22, 9:00 PM AKDT · 10666 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
18. 2.637 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, AlaskaTue, Jul 22, 5:36 AM AKDT · 10667 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
19. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, AlaskaMon, Jul 21, 10:43 AM AKDT · 10668 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
20. 1.643 km NNW of Chenega, AlaskaMon, Jul 21, 9:34 AM AKDT · 10668 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak997afltva9. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC.