Issued: June 24, 1997 Prepared by: Lalitha Rao No. 25- 97 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period June 16 - 22, 1997 June 16 at 01:52 UTC (June 15,05:52 pm ADT), ML 3.7, 62 N 34', 151 W 16', depth = 96 km (60 mi): A minor earthquake, felt in the Denali National Park region, was located in the central region of Alaska about 41 mi ( 66 km) WNW of Talkeetna 42 mi ( 68 km) N of Skwentna 67 mi (108 km) S of Kantishna 70 mi (112 km) NW of Willow 84 mi (135 km) NW of Hatcher Pass June 17 at 21:03 UTC (01:03 pm ADT), mb 6.6, 51 N 19', 179 W 21', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A strong earthquake shook the Aleutian Islands of Amchitka and Adak, was located by NEIC about 73 mi (117 km) E of Amchitka 122 mi (197 km) WSW of Adak 215 mi (345 km) ESE of Buldir Is 229 mi (369 km) WSW of Atka 295 mi (475 km) ESE of Shemya Is June 20 at 02:33 UTC ( June 19,06:33 pm ADT), mb 5.1, 51 N 29', 173 W 38', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A moderate earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 54 mi ( 87 km) SSE of Atka 92 mi (148 km) SW of Amukta Pass 133 mi (214 km) E of Adak 226 mi (363 km) WSW of Nikolski 318 mi (512 km) E of Amchitka June 21 at 17:43 UTC (09:43 am ADT), ML 3.7, 62 N 3', 148 W 26', depth = 45 km (28 mi): A minor earthquake was located in the central region of Alaska about 28 mi ( 44 km) NNE of Sutton 34 mi ( 55 km) NE of Hatcher Pass 38 mi ( 61 km) NE of Palmer 46 mi ( 74 km) NE of Wasilla 56 mi ( 91 km) ENE of Willow June 22 at 07:24 UTC (11:24 pm ADT), mb 4.9, 51 N 26', 178 W 26', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 83 mi (133 km) WSW of Adak 111 mi (179 km) E of Amchitka 189 mi (304 km) WSW of Atka 249 mi (401 km) ESE of Buldir Is 283 mi (455 km) W of Amukta 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 6 16 1 19 43.37 60 9.58N 152 31.77W 94.2 1.8 0.33 1.86 1.80 82 19 18 25 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 16 1 52 28.10 62 33.72N 151 16.02W 96.0 3.7 0.32 1.37 3.24 87 19 11 54 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 16 3 5 12.82 57 56.28N 156 51.17W 161.2 3.4 0.22 6.64 3.80 181 17 9 68 C E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 16 4 22 34.67 60 24.40N 147 5.88W 5.4 2.0 0.22 0.67 1.35 67 16 12 33 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 16 8 40 57.79 61 32.08N 151 51.17W 3.0 2.2 0.31 2.02 2.01 122 19 11 22 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 16 11 17 49.83 61 17.69N 147 5.21W 11.9 1.2 0.21 0.89 2.28 82 14 10 39 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 16 12 5 54.34 60 29.41N 147 21.00W 15.0 3.2 0.17 0.58 3.18 52 17 14 46 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 16 13 9 47.41 60 29.21N 147 19.28W 18.8 2.6 0.21 0.81 1.72 52 15 12 45 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 16 14 24 27.18 53 12.94N 167 11.06W 16.0 3.4 0.20 12.20 5.76 329 12 8 68 D E FOX ISLS. 97 6 16 16 31 36.11 59 12.94N 151 33.41W 61.9 2.1 0.22 1.56 3.80 184 15 10 27 B E KENAI PEN. 97 6 16 17 44 42.37 60 15.29N 151 0.05W 44.2 1.5 0.27 1.85 3.17 100 17 10 28 B E KENAI PEN. 97 6 16 17 45 22.82 64 48.31N 147 7.16W 5.2 0.4 0.08 6.90 14.36 159 4 3 12 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 0 22 3.82 61 27.49N 146 45.21W 21.4 2.4 0.19 0.89 3.21 63 16 6 43 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 17 0 48 49.66 54 56.20N 161 33.23W 61.5 2.6 0.14 5.70 9.47 188 13 9 31 C E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 17 1 19 35.63 61 10.82N 147 41.23W 18.9 2.8 0.21 0.72 1.72 40 21 7 46 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 17 1 50 59.82 62 19.70N 151 13.54W 74.3 2.1 0.22 5.94 8.07 85 12 6 42 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 2 7 58.80 61 46.40N 149 11.63W 38.0 1.1 0.19 6.51 7.07 79 10 5 14 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 3 13 44.69 61 39.41N 149 58.36W 39.1 1.8 0.21 3.95 6.40 55 21 10 5 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 3 41 35.27 61 41.95N 150 38.96W 50.8 1.7 0.10 2.34 5.16 70 13 5 27 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 3 44 24.56 63 31.38N 150 49.72W 11.4 1.8 0.18 4.09 3.00 66 14 6 6 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 4 57 14.61 59 53.21N 151 50.97W 53.7 2.1 0.10 2.61 9.15 82 11 7 28 C E KENAI PEN. 97 6 17 6 13 49.93 62 29.46N 149 25.55W 59.9 1.7 0.15 3.68 11.22 70 12 9 45 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 6 49 20.89 58 18.26N 155 43.32W 111.4 1.7 0.21 50.38 14.39 229 5 4 10 D E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 17 7 12 56.31 60 38.06N 151 56.33W 95.2 1.8 0.29 9.47 12.73 49 13 5 26 D E KENAI PEN. 97 6 17 8 37 43.22 61 47.87N 149 37.13W 37.7 1.6 0.21 2.38 5.94 65 16 7 21 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 8 54 5.84 54 38.00N 161 24.47W 11.8 3.3 0.15 2.20 2.47 196 15 6 64 A E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 17 10 21 43.28 63 15.46N 148 3.94W 73.7 1.5 0.35 8.11 9.40 65 10 6 40 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 10 21 49.46 60 25.23N 152 56.12W 128.4 2.0 0.27 11.06 19.70 73 15 3 15 D E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 12 5 57.02 61 9.47N 152 16.69W 4.3 0.0 0.06 1.23 3.45 134 7 5 5 B a COOK INLET. 97 6 17 12 15 19.20 60 25.44N 152 6.18W 80.0 1.8 0.20 2.76 7.33 57 14 7 24 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 13 53 26.82 61 38.78N 150 50.38W 58.3 2.0 0.11 4.04 6.99 84 9 7 21 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 15 5 1.30 62 58.88N 151 4.73W 124.6 2.4 0.19 3.62 4.19 69 12 4 64 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 15 37 59.51 63 16.63N 151 2.99W 12.0 1.6 0.21 4.83 4.45 101 15 7 31 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 17 16 26 44.29 58 57.56N 136 14.47W 0.0 3.5 0.55 4.16 5.38 121 15 6 205 C E SOUTHEASTERN AK. 97 6 17 16 41 49.49 60 4.95N 153 8.77W 121.5 2.3 0.13 9.63 9.62 70 14 4 3 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 17 50 36.51 61 43.14N 151 43.52W 92.0 1.7 0.30 6.64 6.54 97 12 4 31 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 19 21 8.07 60 30.57N 151 31.99W 55.7 1.7 0.35 5.60 15.60 61 13 5 31 D E KENAI PEN. 97 6 17 21 3 40.10 51 19.20N 179 21.00W 33.0N 6.6mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 97 6 17 21 33 26.72 61 14.63N 149 4.55W 38.2 1.4 0.22 3.19 7.12 53 17 8 26 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 17 23 58 9.19 63 46.52N 149 18.05W 116.0 2.3 0.13 4.56 9.51 81 14 7 19 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 18 1 37 6.93 54 36.90N 161 55.53W 0.9 2.3 0.22 3.25 2.13 261 12 8 45 B E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 18 4 56 56.17 59 53.30N 153 14.61W 0.0 1.2 0.37 11.92 5.64 326 6 4 12 D E COOK INLET. 97 6 18 4 57 31.24 60 41.32N 151 37.69W 78.4 1.9 0.28 1.11 1.96 66 21 12 22 A E KENAI PEN. 97 6 18 8 3 42.78 60 54.72N 150 37.49W 41.9 1.9 0.27 0.75 2.82 48 22 14 38 B E KENAI PEN. 97 6 18 8 29 41.82 63 27.45N 151 24.77W 6.9 2.7 0.42 3.42 2.86 82 20 9 27 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 18 10 44 32.68 60 2.76N 152 45.88W 102.8 2.4 0.22 1.31 2.47 74 21 16 12 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 18 13 31 35.34 61 21.41N 151 16.59W 66.8 1.9 0.26 1.44 2.98 96 16 14 31 B E COOK INLET. 97 6 18 13 35 42.15 60 44.59N 149 51.18W 34.9 1.9 0.26 1.35 3.75 46 20 12 33 B E KENAI PEN. 97 6 18 18 8 52.50 62 16.22N 150 55.54W 72.0 2.2 0.29 3.29 3.59 136 16 8 37 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 19 0 22 0.53 61 35.13N 151 0.09W 59.9 2.2 0.12 3.83 5.10 68 13 6 19 C 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 6 19 0 27 54.17 60 5.36N 153 4.63W 122.5 2.6 0.23 10.51 5.11 68 28 7 3 D E COOK INLET. 97 6 19 5 19 44.45 62 53.24N 149 46.99W 75.2 1.9 0.22 5.72 9.30 100 11 6 13 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 19 8 31 50.37 61 44.79N 151 3.02W 63.3 2.2 0.09 3.78 5.81 53 13 4 35 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 19 10 6 11.01 63 33.38N 150 38.88W 11.9 2.2 0.18 2.86 2.76 90 15 5 14 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 19 11 45 42.65 58 59.87N 154 13.71W 110.0 3.3 0.17 1.84 3.67 78 22 8 22 B E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 19 13 5 19.34 60 1.07N 153 11.85W 125.1 2.4 0.10 3.94 6.17 81 15 6 6 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 19 13 25 52.78 60 25.56N 150 44.80W 39.9 1.6 0.24 4.41 15.37 70 11 5 30 D E KENAI PEN. 97 6 19 13 28 0.11 60 8.17N 152 44.38W 2.5 1.4 0.13 2.49 23.21 82 22 13 14 D a COOK INLET. 97 6 19 17 33 40.24 61 30.90N 149 48.76W 28.6 1.4 0.26 2.68 8.30 79 13 8 16 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 1 38 33.50 60 6.77N 152 34.96W 92.7 1.8 0.21 1.48 1.84 79 22 16 21 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 2 8 47.75 61 28.99N 151 59.23W 0.0 1.3 0.24 2.03 2.59 162 12 6 31 B E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 2 9 21.79 61 31.64N 152 3.87W 14.6 2.4 0.84 1.08 2.03 51 22 10 34 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 2 33 51.00 51 29.40N 173 37.80W 10.0 5.1mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 97 6 20 5 55 27.31 63 27.82N 152 58.83W 23.0 2.2 0.34 5.00 7.61 103 10 4 103 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 20 9 9 35.42 62 36.09N 149 39.23W 76.2 1.7 0.59 2.15 4.37 106 16 8 39 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 20 9 10 17.95 62 47.10N 148 15.85W 60.4 2.9 0.21 0.89 3.54 63 17 9 56 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 20 14 34 12.94 65 11.92N 148 42.11W 8.0 1.9 0.49 3.61 5.93 142 11 7 55 C E N CENTRAL AK. 97 6 20 16 37 38.09 61 14.05N 150 53.46W 4.9 1.7 0.36 0.59 1.18 52 23 13 27 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 18 16 55.31 60 12.05N 152 53.97W 108.2 2.2 0.29 2.20 2.48 67 21 12 14 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 18 50 9.97 63 4.12N 150 21.00W 96.3 1.7 0.23 2.40 4.41 125 16 9 38 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 20 19 15 45.51 62 34.92N 149 35.41W 0.0 1.7 0.40 1.03 12.43 88 15 10 40 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 20 19 44 55.16 60 40.13N 153 39.28W 7.2 0.6 0.32 65.58 74.27 278 6 3 68 D E COOK INLET. 97 6 20 20 50 0.46 59 57.49N 152 55.16W 94.0 2.1 0.26 1.34 2.13 84 18 15 11 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 21 0 1 23.35 58 10.40N 155 20.85W 0.0 1.5 0.07 3.57 16.78 114 6 4 4 D a ALASKA PEN. 97 6 21 0 55 40.89 60 58.77N 150 37.67W 46.0 1.6 0.08 3.89 9.57 67 12 6 32 C E KENAI PEN. 97 6 21 1 44 30.71 62 4.10N 150 59.19W 67.2 2.0 0.21 3.92 5.32 62 10 6 30 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 21 4 15 38.86 61 50.09N 149 32.70W 39.8 1.2 0.38 5.52 10.62 69 11 5 27 D E COOK INLET. 97 6 21 6 54 28.66 57 42.60N 152 34.76W 45.5 2.8 0.25 9.13 3.93 179 16 5 7 C E KODIAK IS REG. 97 6 21 7 23 23.62 59 44.51N 153 40.18W 8.8 1.7 0.13 3.38 3.02 71 14 5 27 B E COOK INLET. 97 6 21 10 57 5.93 62 18.65N 151 37.32W 99.7 2.3 0.11 6.40 6.22 60 11 3 37 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 21 11 23 22.64 59 14.83N 153 39.76W 100.6 2.4 0.15 3.81 7.04 103 16 8 18 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 21 13 15 55.69 60 41.45N 147 32.15W 19.5 1.2 0.12 3.35 4.51 74 15 5 32 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 21 14 55 9.48 60 24.94N 152 27.08W 90.3 1.8 0.12 3.16 6.44 67 14 5 16 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 21 16 23 38.17 62 55.63N 150 55.70W 104.8 2.3 0.20 6.75 8.94 67 13 4 67 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 21 16 57 17.50 59 59.24N 153 4.07W 1.0 0.7 0.04 0.91 0.84 155 6 6 3 A a COOK INLET. 97 6 21 17 43 31.86 62 2.55N 148 26.21W 45.0 3.7 0.21 0.94 2.27 55 18 12 27 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 21 19 11 4.52 61 16.72N 146 43.18W 20.5 0.7 0.10 5.73 13.05 101 9 3 26 D E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 21 19 58 1.33 61 27.66N 146 39.84W 16.9 1.0 0.06 3.81 5.95 125 9 5 40 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 21 20 43 51.62 59 59.16N 153 3.74W 1.1 0.1 0.06 1.88 0.97 148 6 7 3 A a COOK INLET. 97 6 21 21 18 55.51 60 17.43N 152 13.33W 77.9 1.9 0.13 4.97 9.36 113 13 6 34 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 0 27 12.35 59 36.58N 153 1.68W 93.3 0.21 4.54 5.81 120 16 1 12 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 1 36 32.10 62 59.69N 150 55.76W 122.0 3.4 0.24 1.43 2.29 90 16 8 60 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 22 2 18 45.95 61 25.14N 147 11.69W 12.9 2.2 0.27 0.75 4.30 61 16 9 47 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 22 2 22 56.42 55 18.93N 162 21.96W 121.2 3.2 0.21 3.92 5.86 140 16 3 20 C E ALASKA PEN. 97 6 22 2 29 14.20 59 57.81N 153 15.67W 122.9 2.6 0.32 1.83 1.19 130 15 14 11 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 2 41 19.59 62 35.90N 149 32.62W 64.8 2.7 0.30 1.42 3.76 87 14 11 43 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 22 5 24 16.38 60 57.84N 147 8.03W 20.5 0.4 0.04 1.91 1.71 147 4 4 10 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 6 22 7 2 45.10 63 1.66N 151 1.53W 116.3 2.2 0.21 5.00 4.90 165 14 9 59 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 22 7 2 44.99 63 1.58N 151 2.31W 116.8 2.1 0.25 3.85 4.15 169 14 12 59 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 22 7 15 4.03 59 59.68N 151 33.02W 61.2 1.7 0.26 1.17 2.69 61 16 10 16 B E KENAI PEN. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 6 22 7 24 30.77 51 25.98N 178 26.28W 33.0N 4.9mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 97 6 22 8 18 7.60 60 3.08N 152 33.50W 83.6 2.0 0.26 2.84 3.67 147 15 11 23 B E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 8 39 53.59 60 3.24N 152 27.75W 93.1 1.7 0.22 1.30 2.12 94 16 10 28 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 9 28 54.79 59 56.97N 153 18.29W 124.7 2.8 0.30 1.31 1.32 126 22 20 14 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 9 28 54.79 59 56.50N 153 21.25W 123.8 2.7 0.24 2.09 2.05 137 16 13 16 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 12 33 25.63 60 0.83N 153 27.37W 146.0 2.9 0.23 2.54 1.71 78 21 10 19 B E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 13 32 35.38 60 2.62N 152 21.54W 74.0 1.8 0.24 1.57 2.07 86 18 10 34 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 15 44 16.31 62 11.77N 151 0.28W 71.0 2.9 0.25 1.54 2.67 115 14 9 36 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 6 22 17 53 37.14 61 44.56N 150 7.91W 0.0 0.9 0.29 3.19 1.81 198 10 5 45 B E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 18 8 36.64 61 30.05N 152 3.50W 8.8 2.4 0.22 3.00 6.96 115 17 7 12 C E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 21 13 23.99 61 7.47N 150 45.18W 14.7 2.4 0.45 0.70 1.26 68 20 15 31 A E COOK INLET. 97 6 22 21 13 23.57 61 6.74N 150 44.29W 11.8 2.3 0.27 0.65 1.53 82 16 8 39 A E COOK INLET.