Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 27 km NW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Willow, Alaska on Fri, Feb 7, 1997, 1:13 AM AKST (10:13 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 20 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1997-02-07 10:13:39 UTC
Depth
36.9 km (22.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.920° N, 150.413° 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
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.126 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.224 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.83 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.911 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10831 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.08 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.428 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.48 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.39 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.329 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.160 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.410 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.844 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10830 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.715 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10829 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.59 km NW of Susitna North, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.927 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.68 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.561 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10828 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.032 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10827 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.029 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 10827 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.516 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.917 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.911 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 1.95 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10826 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.515 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.12 km SW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10824 days ago · -2 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.924 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 2.032 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.330 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 2.144 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.68 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 10823 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.342 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.619 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 4.319 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.119 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 4.720 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 1.929 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10822 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.8Southern Alaska · 10822 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.53 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.039 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.72 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.232 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 10821 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.832 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.624 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 10820 days ago · 52 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.016 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 3.620 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.99 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.031 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.619 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 3.051 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 1.614 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 10819 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.921 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 10818 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.631 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10818 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.918 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 3.222 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 2.015 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10817 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.920 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.113 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.615 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10816 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 2.67 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 2.85 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 10814 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 1.858 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.933 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 10832 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.735 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.319 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.826 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 10833 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.98 km S of Petersville, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.420 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.926 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.931 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 10834 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.612 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 10836 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.060 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10837 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.816 km W of Willow, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.020 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.734 km N of Chase, Alaska · 10838 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.853 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10840 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.112 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.824 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.932 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 59 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 3.161 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10841 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.461 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 10843 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away

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