Issued: May 20, 1997 Prepared by: Nan Macgregor-Scott No. 20 - 97 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period May 12 - 18, 1997 May 13 at 04:24 UTC (08:24 pm ADT), ML 3.9, 53 N 58', 165 W 6', depth = 66 km (41 mi): A minor earthquake was located in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 30 mi ( 48 km) ESE of Akutan 59 mi ( 94 km) E of Dutch Harbor 59 mi ( 96 km) E of Unalaska 91 mi (147 km) SW of False Pass 127 mi (205 km) SW of Cold Bay May 13 at 17:27 UTC (09:27 am ADT), ML 4.0, 61 N 36', 144 W 49', depth = 38 km (23 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Copper Center and Glennallen, was located in the Cape Yakataga region of Alaska about 14 mi ( 22 km) NE of Pump Station #12 14 mi ( 23 km) WNW of Chitina 29 mi ( 47 km) SSE of Copper Center 40 mi ( 65 km) SSE of Pump Station #11 41 mi ( 66 km) NE of Thompson Pass May 13 at 23:11 UTC (03:11 pm ADT), ML 5.0, 61 N 3', 150 W 46', depth = 59 km (36 mi): A moderate earthquake, felt sharply in the Anchorage area and causing objects to fall, was located in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska about 12 mi ( 20 km) E of Tyonek 31 mi ( 50 km) WSW of Anchorage 36 mi ( 57 km) WSW of Elmendorf AFB 36 mi ( 58 km) N of Sterling 38 mi ( 62 km) NNE of Kenai May 17 at 08:58 UTC (12:58 am ADT), ML 4.4, 57 N 16', 155 W 36', depth = 74 km (46 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Alaska Peninsula region of Alaska about 48 mi ( 77 km) WSW of Karluk 64 mi (102 km) WSW of Larsen Bay 77 mi (123 km) ESE of Pilot Point 86 mi (139 km) W of Old Harbor 93 mi (149 km) SE of Egegik May 17 at 15:04 UTC (07:04 am ADT), ML 3.7, 53 N 17', 167 W 10', depth = 70 km (44 mi): A minor earthquake was located in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 48 mi ( 78 km) SSW of Unalaska 50 mi ( 80 km) SSW of Dutch Harbor 75 mi (121 km) ENE of Nikolski 82 mi (132 km) SW of Akutan 187 mi (302 km) SW of False Pass _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE DEPTH PREF. RMS SEH SEZ GAP PHASES MIN Q T REGION, OTHER MAGNITUDES, FELT REPORTS AND COMMENTS YR MO DY HR MN SEC DEG MIN DEG MIN KM MAG SEC. KM KM DEG P S DIS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 97 5 12 2 47 46.76 62 14.79N 148 53.12W 37.9 1.4 0.16 8.27 20.17 177 10 5 53 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 12 3 25 1.21 63 6.35N 151 15.72W 9.0 2.2 0.22 5.18 6.16 99 8 7 53 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 12 4 35 27.62 60 52.83N 149 13.13W 30.9 1.7 0.17 2.19 6.90 75 15 11 11 C E KENAI PEN. 97 5 12 10 31 55.18 62 30.12N 150 40.24W 71.6 2.1 0.18 4.60 5.05 122 13 8 23 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 12 12 32 37.47 61 35.26N 150 40.72W 7.0 1.6 0.17 2.18 1.92 67 13 6 14 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 12 14 2 48.07 58 9.20N 154 42.14W 78.9 2.4 0.22 10.07 10.97 150 14 5 27 D E ALASKA PEN. 97 5 12 14 10 38.64 61 26.88N 150 12.84W 40.1 1.7 0.20 4.08 7.39 58 11 7 28 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 12 17 7 1.21 61 24.07N 151 12.08W 0.0 0.8 0.47 6.32 8.79 108 11 4 25 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 12 18 43 23.72 60 18.30N 152 25.42W 97.3 2.2 0.11 7.53 10.22 74 13 3 25 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 12 19 27 37.48 61 39.03N 151 25.45W 12.4 0.5 0.37 6.36 10.42 128 6 4 37 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 12 20 47 43.20 60 16.10N 152 15.85W 81.3 1.5 0.29 13.28 11.95 105 10 4 35 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 12 21 4 3.37 58 53.09N 154 21.93W 133.6 2.0 0.57 10.26 12.91 120 15 4 42 D E ALASKA PEN. 97 5 12 21 20 13.28 60 2.17N 153 4.76W 0.7 0.1 0.04 2.30 1.94 197 5 5 3 A a COOK INLET. 97 5 12 21 33 50.06 62 13.21N 149 47.51W 8.8 1.2 0.33 4.24 5.61 87 10 6 32 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 12 23 5 15.19 59 48.28N 151 29.00W 41.7 1.8 0.11 2.87 6.92 86 12 4 29 C E KENAI PEN. 97 5 13 0 0 29.14 57 23.37N 154 21.94W 24.5 2.5 0.33 29.42 95.22 343 5 4 96 D E KODIAK IS REG. 97 5 13 0 3 44.34 60 20.15N 140 55.00W 18.5 1.2 0.16 6.75 9.08 165 6 3 32 C E YAKUTAT BAY. 97 5 13 4 24 5.36 53 58.49N 165 5.67W 66.2 3.9 0.13 12.16 7.32 194 8 3 50 D E FOX ISLS. 97 5 13 14 39 29.67 61 36.24N 148 48.88W 37.3 2.5 0.30 0.81 1.56 39 18 18 17 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 13 14 43 45.87 60 41.10N 147 26.21W 9.7 1.9 0.33 0.67 2.62 76 16 10 29 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 13 15 15 11.49 60 37.35N 152 4.26W 81.7 2.1 0.33 1.97 3.89 61 17 11 19 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 13 17 27 55.08 61 35.99N 144 48.79W 37.5 4.0 0.57 0.84 2.74 120 13 5 56 B E CAPE YAKATAGA. 97 5 13 18 8 23.32 63 11.76N 150 23.36W 113.5 2.5 0.22 2.23 3.06 63 17 10 29 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 13 20 38 9.15 63 33.06N 150 44.18W 8.2 1.5 0.21 1.79 1.78 78 11 5 9 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 13 20 39 45.25 60 9.89N 141 8.04W 0.7 3.4 0.51 1.01 1.65 106 14 6 11 A E YAKUTAT BAY. 97 5 13 20 56 5.22 63 2.42N 149 2.49W 76.8 3.4 0.22 1.17 2.86 58 18 10 31 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 13 21 31 5.63 62 26.29N 151 19.26W 107.2 2.6 0.20 1.31 2.80 84 17 12 52 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 13 22 0 34.94 64 42.92N 149 14.55W 17.6 1.8 0.51 2.47 2.12 114 14 7 17 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 13 23 11 5.33 61 3.19N 150 45.99W 58.7 5.0 0.31 0.73 1.35 41 29 12 34 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 14 0 6 1.34 60 42.57N 148 16.74W 29.0 0.6 0.13 4.70 9.57 86 10 5 17 C E KENAI PEN. 97 5 14 0 9 46.47 61 51.54N 148 56.69W 39.5 1.8 0.16 3.89 6.17 78 13 8 10 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 14 1 13 11.80 61 29.46N 151 56.76W 0.0 0.7 0.09 11.45 24.93 286 7 3 15 D a COOK INLET. 97 5 14 1 13 17.62 63 49.31N 150 33.19W 18.6 1.0 0.32 8.75 10.70 145 9 3 35 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 14 3 7 4.34 62 1.72N 147 46.19W 38.0 2.4 0.22 2.54 3.18 81 15 9 32 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 14 3 24 13.89 61 26.11N 151 24.64W 65.3 2.0 0.10 3.99 5.95 89 12 7 35 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 14 3 25 1.98 60 34.69N 147 39.90W 17.1 1.6 0.21 3.60 8.67 83 14 8 46 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 14 6 32 3.38 60 4.93N 141 7.84W 0.0 3.3 0.40 3.08 6.38 106 11 9 2 C E YAKUTAT BAY. 97 5 14 9 48 29.35 60 1.40N 153 11.88W 131.6 2.3 0.19 9.87 10.69 82 13 5 10 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 14 9 48 33.42 61 24.01N 152 3.96W 2.5 0.1 0.11 6.44 4.77 248 6 5 5 C a COOK INLET. 97 5 14 10 5 35.44 60 1.33N 152 19.35W 71.4 1.6 0.17 5.87 10.49 76 11 5 36 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 14 10 32 45.46 63 1.02N 150 24.36W 90.1 1.8 0.15 3.36 7.28 66 12 6 39 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 14 12 27 2.58 60 11.00N 151 22.04W 57.4 1.9 0.18 3.72 5.52 78 10 6 16 C E KENAI PEN. 97 5 14 12 31 19.72 61 22.75N 147 34.69W 26.0 1.4 0.10 2.78 15.88 97 14 7 47 D E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 14 14 56 26.79 60 44.72N 150 29.17W 42.0 1.5 0.39 5.60 18.00 59 10 5 30 D E KENAI PEN. 97 5 14 14 57 36.80 63 52.51N 148 46.54W 14.6 1.9 0.19 1.36 2.10 62 14 13 18 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 14 17 4 57.71 66 14.02N 149 41.89W 8.8 2.5 0.46 7.92 14.46 154 14 7 142 D E N CENTRAL AK. 97 5 14 19 56 14.89 60 32.04N 152 42.70W 2.9 2.1 0.26 0.54 1.20 86 30 14 2 A a COOK INLET. 97 5 14 20 12 22.51 60 24.76N 147 10.49W 19.6 1.3 0.10 3.02 9.01 66 11 6 37 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 14 21 7 24.86 60 56.58N 147 32.84W 15.1 0.9 0.29 2.34 5.16 95 11 6 26 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 14 22 24 57.67 62 49.88N 150 36.29W 93.8 2.2 0.13 3.40 6.76 74 11 8 51 C E CENTRAL AK. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE DEPTH PREF. RMS SEH SEZ GAP PHASES MIN Q T REGION, OTHER MAGNITUDES, FELT REPORTS AND COMMENTS YR MO DY HR MN SEC DEG MIN DEG MIN KM MAG SEC. KM KM DEG P S DIS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 97 5 14 23 19 38.08 61 26.76N 152 1.23W 9.5 0.3 0.29 16.28 4.73 300 6 3 9 D a COOK INLET. 97 5 14 23 39 38.94 61 17.48N 147 5.04W 14.0 1.7 0.15 1.00 5.97 76 12 9 39 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 14 23 54 32.62 60 8.82N 141 12.97W 0.1 0.7 0.11 7.88 12.27 142 6 5 11 D E YAKUTAT BAY. 97 5 15 1 16 2.83 59 53.52N 153 11.44W 125.8 2.1 0.20 2.36 4.32 177 15 6 10 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 1 47 16.90 59 58.17N 153 13.36W 129.2 2.6 0.15 2.39 2.99 182 20 11 9 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 2 4 16.50 60 8.83N 152 52.37W 118.5 2.2 0.33 3.41 3.32 79 17 12 9 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 2 4 16.34 60 10.96N 152 51.66W 119.7 2.0 0.28 3.82 3.99 136 10 9 13 B COOK INLET. 97 5 15 2 4 17.22 60 10.87N 152 59.90W 112.5 2.1 0.33 2.39 2.95 170 19 10 11 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 2 11 31.07 54 1.50N 163 20.84W 25.0 2.8 0.31 8.60 62.54 228 14 8 126 D E UNIMAK IS. 97 5 15 2 58 8.35 59 49.54N 152 53.99W 100.5 1.5 0.26 2.11 2.98 115 9 9 17 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 3 7 38.54 59 58.66N 152 39.87W 106.0 1.9 0.27 10.01 3.03 209 16 6 20 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 3 44 45.37 59 57.04N 152 34.14W 81.0 1.9 0.29 1.39 1.77 74 16 10 26 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 4 0 24.26 61 5.16N 150 23.99W 40.0 1.7 0.30 1.36 2.02 72 16 11 15 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 4 6 42.30 59 56.48N 152 57.33W 94.9 2.3 0.19 2.26 1.82 80 15 12 7 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 4 54 31.88 62 2.78N 150 4.08W 14.7 1.3 0.33 1.05 4.23 119 12 5 41 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 15 5 47 47.47 62 32.33N 148 20.44W 37.0 1.6 0.18 1.52 4.08 73 16 9 78 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 15 8 15 20.62 59 59.03N 153 5.08W 1.6 0.3 0.04 1.32 2.37 202 5 4 3 A a COOK INLET. 97 5 15 8 28 13.48 60 11.26N 153 5.83W 134.6 2.1 0.29 2.02 1.81 180 15 11 14 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 10 17 57.80 60 57.17N 150 2.48W 35.2 1.5 0.22 1.73 2.83 91 14 6 29 B E KENAI PEN. 97 5 15 12 6 43.38 60 2.25N 153 4.17W 0.0 0.3 0.05 1.47 3.20 177 5 4 3 B a COOK INLET. 97 5 15 13 40 0.78 62 0.68N 152 16.81W 123.9 2.0 0.26 9.43 6.53 159 15 6 39 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 15 14 4 2.02 61 16.44N 149 40.11W 36.7 1.6 0.31 1.08 1.67 50 17 10 7 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 14 9 40.09 60 0.17N 152 58.75W 0.0 0.8 0.27 0.49 0.48 174 13 9 3 A a COOK INLET. 97 5 15 18 3 17.88 63 15.32N 151 6.12W 5.3 2.2 0.18 1.39 1.51 180 14 9 34 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 15 18 14 2.73 60 14.05N 152 55.22W 125.2 2.5 0.20 8.56 9.06 78 12 7 17 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 15 18 31 26.70 63 15.13N 151 8.42W 10.0 1.9 0.11 4.25 4.78 102 9 7 35 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 15 22 38 34.84 62 16.54N 147 57.85W 24.3 1.5 0.12 4.43 12.21 101 11 7 56 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 15 22 49 21.12 61 42.85N 151 12.80W 71.6 1.1 0.19 3.37 4.92 106 9 7 34 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 16 0 51 8.97 61 26.27N 147 48.94W 30.1 1.3 0.09 2.51 5.12 82 12 7 34 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 16 4 21 7.71 61 24.58N 151 59.29W 89.9 1.8 0.16 9.08 8.96 70 12 6 9 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 16 5 33 34.06 60 56.98N 151 27.26W 60.6 2.2 0.21 3.95 10.89 74 13 8 26 D E KENAI PEN. 97 5 16 6 21 48.85 61 0.23N 145 54.22W 24.8 0.4 0.05 7.01 8.53 171 7 5 27 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 16 8 30 11.51 61 12.75N 146 5.36W 21.7 1.1 0.19 5.34 6.20 78 12 6 16 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 16 14 19 16.47 62 3.27N 149 1.43W 18.6 1.6 0.13 5.27 8.67 91 9 5 32 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 16 16 49 32.55 61 8.51N 151 20.91W 61.6 2.0 0.18 3.87 9.15 56 14 7 38 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 16 18 31 52.39 59 8.85N 151 24.55W 37.1 2.8 0.15 4.93 5.14 180 11 7 37 C E KENAI PEN. 97 5 16 21 26 29.02 61 33.08N 151 41.48W 86.1 2.2 0.26 6.49 7.94 64 11 7 30 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 0 5 2.20 61 9.08N 151 43.16W 74.9 1.8 0.23 3.13 3.79 96 15 10 18 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 1 11 5.75 61 27.39N 152 1.35W 4.8 0.5 0.07 4.74 1.37 306 5 4 9 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 5 56 55.49 63 16.90N 151 5.90W 2.7 1.5 0.24 1.81 3.16 176 11 7 32 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 17 6 28 18.36 60 11.04N 141 28.02W 6.8 2.3 0.19 1.52 1.66 137 12 6 24 A E YAKUTAT BAY. 97 5 17 8 58 7.86 57 15.94N 155 35.97W 74.0 4.4 0.20 3.76 4.40 164 18 6 88 B E ALASKA PEN. 97 5 17 9 19 41.58 61 19.75N 148 27.29W 19.0 1.0 0.11 2.66 1.68 166 6 4 9 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 17 9 40 26.98 61 41.88N 149 35.48W 36.8 2.8 0.26 1.26 2.00 71 14 13 16 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 10 55 12.30 63 29.60N 150 56.36W 6.2 2.2 0.22 2.25 1.80 173 15 5 7 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 17 12 8 10.24 59 37.77N 152 40.68W 81.8 2.3 0.23 0.88 2.33 63 21 16 31 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 12 15 22.40 61 0.03N 146 21.71W 11.2 1.6 0.29 1.72 2.27 57 15 5 12 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 17 13 25 44.19 59 37.73N 152 17.60W 82.4 2.3 0.28 1.56 2.09 107 15 12 37 A E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 15 4 46.54 53 16.84N 167 9.59W 70.2 3.7 0.15 9.93 7.29 318 14 8 60 C E FOX ISLS. 97 5 17 17 18 17.02 59 32.28N 154 1.21W 12.7 1.7 0.20 1.09 1.24 179 15 7 29 A E COOK INLET. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE DEPTH PREF. RMS SEH SEZ GAP PHASES MIN Q T REGION, OTHER MAGNITUDES, FELT REPORTS AND COMMENTS YR MO DY HR MN SEC DEG MIN DEG MIN KM MAG SEC. KM KM DEG P S DIS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 97 5 17 18 39 0.64 61 34.69N 149 55.98W 34.2 1.5 0.34 1.54 3.19 94 15 8 9 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 17 18 48 25.24 59 53.28N 151 38.22W 55.5 1.7 0.30 1.06 2.02 60 19 14 26 A E KENAI PEN. 97 5 17 18 48 25.80 59 54.07N 151 37.37W 47.2 1.7 0.34 1.13 2.78 61 20 13 25 B E KENAI PEN. 97 5 18 0 9 25.94 61 2.22N 150 10.50W 39.1 2.0 0.22 4.54 8.71 66 14 8 14 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 0 10 6.75 64 30.26N 147 54.41W 7.2 1.7 0.14 1.23 3.06 48 15 6 10 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 0 31 13.87 59 50.68N 151 38.76W 45.8 2.3 0.13 3.18 9.29 60 12 8 21 C E KENAI PEN. 97 5 18 1 34 28.69 61 24.85N 149 53.51W 44.4 2.1 0.13 1.79 4.00 84 13 6 26 B E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 4 28 4.17 62 14.02N 149 36.31W 53.9 1.5 0.27 3.27 9.08 64 12 8 39 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 4 55 53.60 60 12.46N 153 7.18W 129.6 2.3 0.12 6.44 9.47 96 13 6 17 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 4 58 15.07 61 6.02N 150 36.90W 15.0 1.7 0.31 11.89 7.26 275 7 5 25 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 9 54 25.05 63 15.09N 151 12.07W 7.6 1.8 0.23 6.73 5.41 152 8 5 36 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 10 1 30.55 53 48.69N 165 14.50W 46.8 4.8 0.12 7.71 5.76 204 15 5 45 C E FOX ISLS. 97 5 18 10 36 11.83 61 14.22N 147 44.36W 12.2 1.5 0.33 2.55 3.58 80 12 11 43 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 18 10 45 15.38 62 18.91N 150 15.98W 10.0 2.4 0.49 1.79 0.97 53 14 5 10 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 11 31 54.00 63 29.44N 150 59.86W 9.7 1.6 0.20 5.62 3.74 139 8 4 8 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 12 11 52.70 62 11.60N 149 53.88W 6.8 2.3 0.17 1.13 1.91 47 14 9 30 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 13 18 33.71 60 6.75N 153 38.54W 165.0 2.2 0.13 5.98 11.34 96 11 4 36 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 13 40 51.36 52 58.20N 167 50.10W 33.0N 4.5mb R FOX ISLS. 97 5 18 14 21 23.35 64 59.21N 148 33.19W 16.8 2.6 0.22 2.24 2.18 126 14 9 16 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 5 18 14 48 58.71 54 33.60N 161 35.50W 10.4 2.7 0.30 5.29 42.61 250 14 8 63 D E ALASKA PEN. 97 5 18 15 15 41.75 59 56.25N 153 40.32W 136.0 2.2 0.18 14.95 9.86 94 10 4 34 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 17 57 55.88 61 44.25N 151 46.86W 91.5 1.7 0.35 7.93 10.79 91 11 4 30 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 19 10 33.61 61 29.67N 146 39.18W 21.5 2.7 0.25 1.19 4.36 64 14 10 39 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 5 18 21 39 47.49 60 9.18N 152 19.67W 74.3 1.8 0.20 7.89 12.09 98 10 5 36 D E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 21 44 54.45 61 29.72N 152 1.78W 7.8 3.0 0.22 2.12 6.35 92 11 5 21 C E COOK INLET. 97 5 18 22 11 20.09 61 29.66N 152 1.34W 4.1 2.1 0.21 2.00 1.81 50 13 5 21 A E COOK INLET.