M2.2 earthquake 22 km SW of Tyonek, AK

Magnitude

2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Thu, May 15, 1997, 9:33 PM AKDT

UTC

1997-05-16 05:33:34 UTC

Depth

60.6 km (37.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.950° N, 151.454° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

21

• Nikiski, AlaskaPopulation 4,493. Forecast30 kmNNW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast89 kmWSW

After

1. 2.014 km NW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, May 16, 8:49 AM AKDT · 10734 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.251 km SSW of Skwentna, AlaskaFri, May 16, 1:26 PM AKDT · 10733 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
3. 1.832 km WNW of Tyonek, AlaskaFri, May 16, 4:05 PM AKDT · 10733 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
4. 2.025 km SSW of Anchorage, AlaskaSat, May 17, 4:09 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
5. 2.17 km NE of Point MacKenzie, AlaskaSat, May 17, 5:34 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.720 km NNE of Point Possession, AlaskaSat, May 17, 8:58 PM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
7. 1.734 km SW of Skwentna, AlaskaSun, May 18, 9:57 AM AKDT · 10732 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
8. 3.364 km SW of Skwentna, AlaskaSun, May 18, 1:44 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.163 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaSun, May 18, 2:11 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
10. 2.183 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, May 18, 4:26 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
11. 3.59 km NNE of Ridgeway, AlaskaSun, May 18, 7:54 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
12. 2.910 km NNE of Ridgeway, AlaskaSun, May 18, 8:46 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
13. 1.968 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, May 18, 10:40 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away
14. 1.816 km ESE of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSun, May 18, 11:33 PM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
15. 1.66 km NW of Salamatof, AlaskaMon, May 19, 3:09 AM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
16. 2.355 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaMon, May 19, 10:19 AM AKDT · 10731 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
17. 1.749 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 20, 12:58 AM AKDT · 10730 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
18. 1.858 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaTue, May 20, 7:16 AM AKDT · 10730 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
19. 2.712 km SSE of Tyonek, AlaskaTue, May 20, 8:05 AM AKDT · 10730 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
20. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, AlaskaTue, May 20, 5:52 PM AKDT · 10729 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
21. 2.264 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaWed, May 21, 8:31 AM AKDT · 10729 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
22. 3.144 km WNW of Tyonek, AlaskaWed, May 21, 11:40 AM AKDT · 10729 days ago · 119 km deep · 39 km away
23. 2.629 km W of Susitna, AlaskaWed, May 21, 10:27 PM AKDT · 10728 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
24. 2.3Kenai Peninsula, AlaskaThu, May 22, 2:19 AM AKDT · 10728 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
25. 1.960 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaThu, May 22, 5:27 AM AKDT · 10728 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
26. 1.828 km WNW of Susitna, AlaskaThu, May 22, 9:47 AM AKDT · 10728 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
27. 2.014 km SW of Susitna, AlaskaThu, May 22, 6:24 PM AKDT · 10727 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
28. 2.013 km ENE of Ninilchik, AlaskaFri, May 23, 1:58 AM AKDT · 10727 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
29. 1.54 km NNE of Nikiski, AlaskaFri, May 23, 5:34 PM AKDT · 10726 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
30. 2.021 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaFri, May 23, 9:08 PM AKDT · 10726 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
31. 1.737 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaSat, May 24, 1:35 AM AKDT · 10726 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
32. 2.013 km WNW of Point Possession, AlaskaSat, May 24, 2:25 PM AKDT · 10725 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
33. 2.437 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaSat, May 24, 10:14 PM AKDT · 10725 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
34. 1.920 km WNW of Salamatof, AlaskaSun, May 25, 3:25 AM AKDT · 10725 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
35. 1.832 km WNW of Clam Gulch, AlaskaMon, May 26, 2:44 AM AKDT · 10724 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
36. 2.223 km S of Funny River, AlaskaMon, May 26, 2:03 PM AKDT · 10723 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
37. 2.253 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, May 26, 9:23 PM AKDT · 10723 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
38. 1.76 km E of Nikiski, AlaskaTue, May 27, 12:11 AM AKDT · 10723 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
39. 1.724 km WSW of Anchorage, AlaskaTue, May 27, 12:12 PM AKDT · 10722 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
40. 1.88 km E of Point MacKenzie, AlaskaWed, May 28, 5:51 PM AKDT · 10721 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
41. 2.026 km WNW of Susitna, AlaskaThu, May 29, 7:23 AM AKDT · 10721 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
42. 1.910 km WNW of Salamatof, AlaskaThu, May 29, 6:26 PM AKDT · 10720 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
43. 3.64 km W of Tyonek, AlaskaThu, May 29, 8:40 PM AKDT · 10720 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
44. 2.121 km NW of Susitna, AlaskaFri, May 30, 10:24 AM AKDT · 10720 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
45. 2.355 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaFri, May 30, 11:25 PM AKDT · 10719 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
46. 2.834 km NW of Susitna, AlaskaSat, May 31, 1:48 AM AKDT · 10719 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
47. 2.014 km SE of Funny River, AlaskaSat, May 31, 4:09 AM AKDT · 10719 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
48. 3.221 km SSE of Skwentna, AlaskaSat, May 31, 7:16 AM AKDT · 10719 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
49. 1.95 km NNW of Nikiski, AlaskaSat, May 31, 3:33 PM AKDT · 10718 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
50. 1.911 km WSW of Point Possession, AlaskaSat, May 31, 4:40 PM AKDT · 10718 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
51. 1.962 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaSun, Jun 1, 4:41 AM AKDT · 10718 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
52. 1.515 km S of Clam Gulch, AlaskaSun, Jun 1, 6:47 AM AKDT · 10718 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
53. 1.74 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, Jun 2, 12:23 AM AKDT · 10717 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
54. 2.77 km SSW of Big Lake, AlaskaMon, Jun 2, 9:31 AM AKDT · 10717 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
55. 1.68 km WSW of Hope, AlaskaMon, Jun 2, 12:27 PM AKDT · 10716 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
56. 2.822 km NW of Susitna, AlaskaTue, Jun 3, 9:21 PM AKDT · 10715 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
57. 2.135 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 5:04 AM AKDT · 10714 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
58. 2.153 km NW of Beluga, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 5:31 AM AKDT · 10714 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
59. 1.821 km WSW of Susitna, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 10:16 AM AKDT · 10714 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
60. 2.2Southern AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 1:13 PM AKDT · 10713 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

1. 1.857 km WNW of Beluga, AlaskaThu, May 15, 8:21 PM AKDT · 10734 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
2. 1.522 km W of Hope, AlaskaThu, May 15, 2:17 AM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
3. 1.723 km NE of Point Possession, AlaskaWed, May 14, 8:00 PM AKDT · 10735 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
4. 2.176 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:56 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
5. 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, AlaskaWed, May 14, 6:56 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.95 km SSE of Clam Gulch, AlaskaWed, May 14, 4:27 AM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
7. 2.037 km NNW of Beluga, AlaskaTue, May 13, 7:24 PM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
8. 4.715 km NNW of Point Possession, AlaskaTue, May 13, 3:11 PM AKDT · 10736 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
9. 2.141 km W of Salamatof, AlaskaTue, May 13, 7:15 AM AKDT · 10737 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
10. 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, May 12, 12:47 PM AKDT · 10737 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
11. 2.250 km NW of Ninilchik, AlaskaMon, May 12, 10:43 AM AKDT · 10738 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.715 km NW of Point MacKenzie, AlaskaMon, May 12, 6:10 AM AKDT · 10738 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
13. 1.610 km WNW of Susitna, AlaskaMon, May 12, 4:32 AM AKDT · 10738 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
14. 2.17 km SW of Big Lake, AlaskaSun, May 11, 8:24 AM AKDT · 10739 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
15. 2.820 km S of Susitna, AlaskaSat, May 10, 2:09 PM AKDT · 10739 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
16. 1.722 km SSW of Susitna, AlaskaSat, May 10, 5:13 AM AKDT · 10740 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
17. 2.068 km WNW of Nikiski, AlaskaFri, May 9, 11:27 PM AKDT · 10740 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
18. 1.8Southern AlaskaFri, May 9, 11:01 PM AKDT · 10740 days ago · 114 km deep · 54 km away
19. 2.849 km S of Skwentna, AlaskaFri, May 9, 3:47 PM AKDT · 10740 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
20. 2.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, AlaskaFri, May 9, 4:16 AM AKDT · 10741 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away

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