Issued: December 2, 1997 Prepared by: Nan Macgregor-Scott No. 48 - 97 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period November 24 - 30, 1997 November 24 at 01:05 UTC (04:05 pm AST), mb 4.2, 51 N 14', 178 W 18', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 84 mi (135 km) WSW of Adak 119 mi (191 km) E of Amchitka 189 mi (304 km) WSW of Atka 259 mi (417 km) ESE of Buldir Is 282 mi (453 km) WSW of Amukta Pass November 24 at 01:09 UTC (04:09 pm AST), mb 5.1, 52 N 15', 170 W 1', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A moderate earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 68 mi (109 km) SW of Nikolski 85 mi (136 km) E of Amukta Pass 178 mi (287 km) E of Atka 183 mi (295 km) SW of Unalaska 185 mi (297 km) SW of Dutch Harbor November 25 at 18:46 UTC (09:46 am AST), ML 4.7, 57 N 13', 151 W 32', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Kodiak, was located in the Kodiak Island region of Alaska about 51 mi ( 82 km) SE of Kodiak 61 mi ( 98 km) SE of Ouzinkie 66 mi (107 km) E of Old Harbor 67 mi (108 km) SE of Port Lions 94 mi (151 km) ESE of Larsen Bay November 25 at 21:03 UTC (12:03 pm AST), ML 4.7, 64 N 24', 132 W 25', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Yukon Territory about 210 mi (339 km) ENE of Dawson City 263 mi (423 km) E of Eagle 263 mi (423 km) E of Boundary 277 mi (445 km) E of Crooked Creek 281 mi (452 km) NNE of Whitehorse November 25 at 22:28 UTC (01:28 pm AST), ML 4.9, 64 N 26', 132 W 18', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Yukon Territory about 214 mi (345 km) ENE of Dawson City 266 mi (428 km) E of Eagle 267 mi (429 km) E of Boundary 280 mi (450 km) E of Crooked Creek 285 mi (458 km) NNE of Whitehorse November 27 at 12:22 UTC (03:22 am AST), ML 3.7, 58 N 56', 150 W 26', depth = 51 km (32 mi): A minor earthquake was located beneath the Gulf of Alaska about 57 mi ( 92 km) SE of Seldovia 58 mi ( 93 km) ESE of Port Graham 61 mi ( 98 km) ESE of English Bay 63 mi (101 km) SE of Homer 77 mi (123 km) SE of Anchor Point November 29 at 08:59 UTC (11:59 pm AST), ML 4.8, 60 N 5', 147 W 40', depth = 20 km (12 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Whittier, was located in the Prince William Sound region of Alaska about 59 mi ( 95 km) SE of Whittier 62 mi ( 99 km) E of Seward 63 mi (102 km) SSW of Tatitlek 65 mi (104 km) NW of Middleton Island 65 mi (105 km) ESE of Moose Pass November 29 at 16:25 UTC (07:25 am AST), ML 3.9, 62 N 58', 149 W 51', depth = 90 km (56 mi): A minor earthquake was located in the central region of Alaska about 40 mi ( 65 km) SW of Cantwell 46 mi ( 74 km) N of Talkeetna 50 mi ( 80 km) SW of Denali Park 52 mi ( 83 km) SE of Kantishna 67 mi (108 km) SSW of Healy _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 11 24 0 57 41.22 60 24.20N 146 53.57W 23.2 1.5 0.15 2.57 5.57 72 19 10 22 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 24 0 58 26.51 61 29.13N 151 14.09W 8.5 2.3 0.13 5.73 7.11 81 16 6 46 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 24 1 5 7.66 51 13.68N 178 18.42W 33.0N 4.2mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 97 11 24 1 9 29.98 52 14.82N 170 0.66W 33.0N 5.1mb R FOX ISLS. 97 11 24 6 14 0.22 65 4.70N 149 13.77W 9.2 2.0 0.21 3.02 5.95 108 15 5 49 C E N CENTRAL AK. 97 11 24 10 4 30.69 61 42.77N 150 58.38W 79.1 1.7 0.19 5.64 12.02 86 13 4 58 D E COOK INLET. 97 11 24 13 10 4.90 60 4.75N 152 35.38W 91.2 2.4 0.15 3.90 10.70 52 14 4 21 D E COOK INLET. 97 11 24 15 40 21.73 62 6.69N 149 32.83W 47.6 2.3 0.20 5.09 9.85 60 14 4 50 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 24 16 21 57.31 60 55.98N 151 21.26W 65.0 2.0 0.16 7.29 14.98 83 12 4 22 D E KENAI PEN. 97 11 24 19 44 18.69 61 52.55N 149 7.68W 39.5 1.6 0.14 3.17 3.72 77 17 6 16 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 24 20 18 32.30 61 29.93N 146 32.39W 24.2 1.3 0.10 1.16 3.18 73 12 4 33 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 24 20 25 7.60 61 30.76N 146 31.60W 16.5 1.3 0.12 1.99 5.10 76 14 6 32 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 25 0 45 52.67 61 48.50N 151 17.66W 80.5 1.6 0.30 7.79 7.53 174 11 7 67 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 25 3 10 37.75 59 41.37N 153 21.85W 129.6 2.0 0.25 3.15 1.87 149 15 10 34 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 25 5 4 1.52 61 1.80N 151 20.03W 60.1 2.3 0.20 2.56 5.26 97 17 11 32 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 25 6 2 19.33 61 56.22N 149 23.47W 36.1 1.8 0.27 1.20 2.64 75 19 14 31 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 25 6 17 30.89 61 58.93N 150 17.09W 19.6 1.9 0.44 1.84 2.64 130 16 12 43 B COOK INLET. 97 11 25 6 18 58.80 59 36.71N 153 47.58W 0.0 1.6 0.65 1.02 1.45 120 14 11 30 A COOK INLET. 97 11 25 10 17 38.31 62 27.53N 151 34.89W 98.1 3.4 0.23 1.62 4.63 83 19 6 68 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 25 11 32 53.10 63 12.83N 151 33.92W 8.0 2.7 0.51 3.85 3.37 107 16 9 101 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 25 14 12 29.49 60 27.51N 147 48.96W 15.0 1.7 0.23 0.72 3.08 88 15 13 47 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 25 15 27 48.56 64 43.99N 148 56.93W 15.9 2.3 0.27 1.98 2.25 121 13 5 18 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 25 18 46 3.30 57 12.87N 151 32.33W 10.0G 4.7 0.57 4.55 13.66 164 22 4 82 D E KODIAK IS REG. 97 11 25 21 3 48.17 64 23.83N 132 25.40W 10.0G 4.7 0.64 72.18 82.34 280 15 5 574 D E S YUKON TERR. 97 11 25 21 17 3.93 58 22.66N 154 49.17W 7.7 2.0 0.14 2.11 1.31 200 13 9 19 A ALASKA PEN. 97 11 25 22 6 6.95 60 0.71N 152 48.05W 107.6 2.8 0.18 2.13 3.64 103 15 6 12 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 25 22 19 20.63 59 10.52N 151 55.07W 55.5 2.7 0.16 3.79 6.37 227 13 10 34 C E KENAI PEN. 97 11 25 22 19 19.96 59 37.02N 154 39.14W 85.7 2.6 0.04 70.66 69.61 311 4 3 74 D COOK INLET. 97 11 25 22 28 7.09 64 26.16N 132 17.76W 10.0G 4.9 0.38 73.74 79.07 281 16 5 539 D E S YUKON TERR. 97 11 25 23 28 33.21 59 23.01N 153 3.55W 88.3 2.4 0.26 2.72 4.08 138 16 12 21 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 26 1 29 49.43 60 12.39N 153 6.24W 129.6 2.3 0.10 5.78 8.94 96 13 4 16 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 26 1 34 22.32 59 40.94N 152 12.49W 75.0 2.4 0.15 3.67 6.88 55 15 3 40 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 26 1 42 49.50 61 27.75N 147 25.77W 14.2 2.0 0.21 1.83 12.69 58 21 6 36 D E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 26 3 14 47.03 60 3.20N 151 47.37W 41.1 2.1 0.11 5.27 13.54 99 11 3 28 D E KENAI PEN. 97 11 26 4 56 9.16 59 41.29N 152 18.66W 61.3 2.2 0.21 4.76 9.44 60 13 5 45 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 26 7 12 28.68 60 29.80N 150 17.51W 33.3 1.7 0.09 4.18 15.73 70 24 5 51 D E KENAI PEN. 97 11 26 7 46 59.03 61 57.71N 148 26.36W 34.9 1.2 0.07 7.98 7.79 85 10 3 18 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 26 13 6 40.34 61 41.33N 148 9.47W 20.5 0.8 0.16 5.13 9.12 104 8 4 16 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 26 13 7 27.69 61 46.62N 149 54.42W 41.7 1.5 0.29 4.08 8.30 99 10 5 14 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 26 16 29 44.26 53 47.63N 165 17.59W 51.5 3.3 0.08 10.94 10.80 232 13 4 44 D E FOX ISLS. 97 11 26 19 13 56.64 61 15.18N 143 24.26W 13.6 1.5 0.22 9.52 6.73 103 14 4 30 C E CAPE YAKATAGA. 97 11 26 22 31 8.65 64 54.23N 149 11.93W 22.7 1.8 0.19 3.59 2.90 125 14 5 37 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 27 6 18 1.74 62 32.60N 150 48.61W 74.8 2.0 0.13 9.36 8.82 130 11 3 32 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 27 7 44 15.08 61 37.45N 149 52.71W 34.5 1.7 0.23 4.55 6.36 96 11 4 3 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 27 8 25 16.32 60 3.63N 152 53.29W 98.2 2.0 0.16 6.24 10.52 73 11 5 5 D E COOK INLET. 97 11 27 8 57 35.73 60 20.42N 151 47.71W 64.4 1.9 0.15 3.28 11.34 70 12 6 43 D E KENAI PEN. 97 11 27 11 21 59.38 60 26.22N 152 26.69W 102.6 2.1 0.10 5.24 7.44 58 14 6 15 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 27 12 22 53.14 58 55.87N 150 25.60W 51.1 3.7 0.31 3.28 6.61 175 19 9 81 C E GULF OF ALASKA. 97 11 27 12 36 24.41 60 10.51N 152 49.28W 95.2 2.2 0.18 9.22 12.62 65 11 4 13 D E COOK INLET. 97 11 27 13 17 3.40 61 26.43N 146 38.07W 15.7 1.1 0.10 1.44 8.80 61 15 3 38 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 11 27 16 30 24.86 63 20.03N 145 17.64W 2.4 2.9 0.18 1.97 2.34 93 14 8 25 A E E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 27 18 13 17.67 63 10.15N 150 41.70W 127.8 2.7 0.19 6.69 9.48 101 15 6 58 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 27 20 11 29.26 60 58.06N 147 19.34W 10.0 1.4 0.39 0.81 0.95 87 16 9 16 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 27 22 43 33.91 60 18.43N 140 48.41W 2.2 1.8 0.30 2.97 4.54 142 11 6 32 B E YAKUTAT BAY. 97 11 27 23 19 35.86 60 2.58N 152 49.76W 105.1 2.5 0.26 1.82 2.19 100 18 13 8 A E COOK INLET. 97 11 28 1 18 34.72 61 55.85N 149 14.22W 10.0 2.0 0.19 1.33 5.55 69 19 3 24 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 28 1 47 53.60 59 59.79N 152 58.71W 102.9 2.4 0.16 6.01 12.55 84 12 3 3 D E COOK INLET. 97 11 28 2 47 57.47 64 25.33N 149 51.43W 0.0 2.0 0.24 2.56 3.84 84 14 4 34 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 28 5 29 31.66 61 13.43N 147 14.30W 27.4 1.2 0.08 2.92 5.19 68 14 7 29 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 28 7 51 58.07 59 37.67N 151 52.02W 60.1 2.1 0.17 5.56 13.58 55 11 6 22 D E KENAI PEN. 97 11 28 11 8 56.45 63 35.51N 147 30.31W 91.8 2.6 0.22 1.96 8.84 58 17 4 58 C E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 28 12 36 54.92 61 26.46N 151 56.19W 9.2 2.4 0.28 3.93 1.02 58 11 4 15 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 28 22 9 31.81 63 14.05N 150 31.47W 136.2 1.8 0.23 15.37 13.49 92 10 3 53 D E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 28 22 17 52.23 58 10.09N 155 21.05W 0.0 0.7 0.05 1.13 14.26 76 9 4 5 D a ALASKA PEN. 97 11 28 23 5 24.79 60 59.98N 151 39.04W 76.2 1.6 0.31 8.51 12.60 74 11 5 36 D E KENAI PEN. 97 11 29 1 17 26.40 60 51.09N 151 50.19W 85.7 2.4 0.19 1.91 3.94 73 16 10 33 B E KENAI PEN. 97 11 29 2 30 48.50 61 28.75N 151 18.49W 66.1 2.6 0.25 1.90 3.38 65 16 5 42 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 29 2 54 59.23 59 51.41N 152 22.83W 70.4 1.6 0.28 2.17 5.15 167 12 7 40 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 29 2 55 29.11 63 16.51N 151 3.96W 8.2 2.5 0.29 2.82 4.36 102 18 7 79 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 29 5 56 52.82 61 26.77N 146 23.83W 15.1 0.9 0.21 0.79 2.53 86 14 5 26 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 8 50 47.67 60 11.63N 152 29.53W 98.7 2.0 0.14 4.42 4.57 94 14 8 29 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 29 8 59 49.43 60 5.12N 147 39.70W 20.1 4.8 0.20 0.84 1.44 111 15 10 12 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 9 12 1.48 61 0.12N 147 13.80W 28.8 1.0 0.17 1.01 1.43 110 10 7 15 A PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 9 12 28.96 60 5.47N 147 37.80W 9.4 1.7 0.21 2.15 3.57 203 15 13 91 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 9 20 15.30 60 5.27N 147 37.24W 21.8 2.0 0.21 2.13 1.44 180 15 11 14 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 9 30 42.44 58 17.02N 155 0.48W 4.0 0.8 0.10 1.50 2.28 265 6 4 6 A a ALASKA PEN. 97 11 29 13 57 3.40 61 59.13N 151 0.44W 67.5 2.6 0.27 1.04 3.00 71 17 12 60 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 29 16 25 26.54 62 58.16N 149 50.54W 90.4 3.9 0.24 1.95 2.37 150 15 8 10 A E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 29 17 39 25.79 60 5.78N 147 37.57W 18.3 1.7 0.21 2.32 1.98 166 15 9 14 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 18 59 36.01 61 40.02N 150 27.62W 45.8 1.8 0.22 1.34 1.81 122 15 10 31 A E COOK INLET. 97 11 29 20 48 54.11 60 7.14N 147 39.34W 16.3 1.9 0.21 2.08 2.25 162 15 13 14 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 29 22 10 25.28 62 6.30N 147 54.66W 37.3 2.0 0.20 1.38 3.73 56 19 13 40 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 29 22 13 2.28 60 33.76N 151 8.94W 48.3 1.8 0.29 1.34 2.36 61 18 12 21 A E KENAI PEN. 97 11 29 22 13 2.78 60 35.43N 151 12.09W 44.5 1.8 0.27 1.28 2.83 57 20 13 17 B E KENAI PEN. 97 11 29 23 11 11.27 62 31.42N 149 18.31W 61.6 3.2 0.27 1.41 4.19 86 17 13 51 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 30 1 36 9.58 60 5.81N 147 38.24W 19.0 1.8 0.15 4.98 5.07 108 14 10 14 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 30 1 38 54.37 60 0.93N 153 2.03W 111.9 2.3 0.13 4.44 8.86 67 15 6 1 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 30 5 37 9.59 62 6.58N 150 28.67W 56.8 2.2 0.14 4.67 4.48 88 12 4 35 B E CENTRAL AK. 97 11 30 6 27 7.00 60 16.61N 152 13.28W 82.9 2.6 0.17 4.44 7.72 82 14 7 36 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 30 6 48 11.00 60 7.89N 153 15.87W 129.6 3.2 0.15 2.17 4.59 77 16 4 11 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 30 8 46 41.18 60 29.06N 151 57.00W 71.7 2.4 0.12 2.42 8.52 81 15 5 40 C E KENAI PEN. 97 11 30 11 40 49.68 59 48.82N 153 22.96W 124.9 2.4 0.10 3.17 8.46 66 15 5 24 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 30 14 12 55.78 61 26.33N 146 38.10W 16.3 1.5 0.09 1.43 4.77 61 18 5 38 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 97 11 30 16 21 32.16 59 29.19N 152 47.26W 75.3 2.4 0.12 1.37 3.81 83 14 5 39 B E COOK INLET. 97 11 30 21 2 33.26 60 17.30N 152 43.47W 11.8 1.2 0.06 4.22 7.30 190 12 5 22 C E COOK INLET. 97 11 30 22 33 28.25 62 40.84N 150 25.76W 73.8 1.9 0.20 11.57 11.07 143 11 4 32 D E CENTRAL AK.