Issued: January 13, 1998 Prepared by: Nan Macgregor-Scott No. 02 - 98 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period January 5 - 11, 1998 January 5 at 09:29 UTC (12:29 am AST), mb 4.5, 52 N 35', 167 W 37', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 58 mi ( 94 km) ESE of Nikolski 100 mi (161 km) SSW of Unalaska 101 mi (163 km) SSW of Dutch Harbor 132 mi (212 km) SW of Akutan 186 mi (300 km) E of Amukta Pass January 6 at 04:11 UTC (07:11 pm AST), mb 3.9, 52 N 7', 170 W 4', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A minor earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 76 mi (122 km) SW of Nikolski 84 mi (135 km) E of Amukta Pass 176 mi (283 km) E of Atka 191 mi (307 km) SW of Unalaska 192 mi (309 km) SW of Dutch Harbor January 7 at 18:29 UTC (09:29 am AST), mb 4.5, 51 N 4', 179 E 40', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Rat Islands region of Alaska about 43 mi ( 69 km) SE of Amchitka 169 mi (271 km) WSW of Adak 183 mi (295 km) ESE of Buldir Is 263 mi (423 km) ESE of Shemya Is 275 mi (443 km) WSW of Atka January 7 at 19:09 UTC (10:09 am AST), mb 5.1, 51 N 21', 179 E 31', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A moderate earthquake was located by NEIC in the Rat Islands region of Alaska about 25 mi ( 40 km) ESE of Amchitka 168 mi (271 km) ESE of Buldir Is 169 mi (272 km) W of Adak 248 mi (400 km) ESE of Shemya Is 276 mi (444 km) W of Atka January 8 at 02:30 UTC (05:30 pm AST), mb 5.3, 51 N 9', 179 E 32', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A moderate earthquake was located by NEIC in the Rat Islands region of Alaska about 35 mi ( 57 km) SE of Amchitka 172 mi (277 km) WSW of Adak 176 mi (283 km) ESE of Buldir Is 256 mi (411 km) ESE of Shemya Is 279 mi (449 km) WSW of Atka January 8 at 07:22 UTC (10:22 pm AST), ML 4.4, 54 N 3', 164 W 4', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Unimak Island region of Alaska about 62 mi ( 99 km) SSW of False Pass 70 mi (112 km) E of Akutan 96 mi (154 km) SW of Cold Bay 100 mi (160 km) SW of King Cove 101 mi (162 km) E of Dutch Harbor January 9 at 12:01 UTC (03:01 am AST), ML 4.2, 61 N 12', 150 W 44', depth = 47 km (29 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Anchorage, was located in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska about 17 mi ( 27 km) NE of Tyonek 28 mi ( 45 km) W of Anchorage 32 mi ( 51 km) W of Elmendorf AFB 35 mi ( 57 km) W of Fort Richardson 40 mi ( 64 km) W of Eagle River January 10 at 08:54 UTC (11:54 pm AST), ML 4.3, 61 N 19', 147 W 41', depth = 34 km (21 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Anchorage and Eagle River, was located in the Prince William Sound region of Alaska about 46 mi ( 74 km) NW of Tatitlek 47 mi ( 75 km) WNW of Valdez 48 mi ( 78 km) ESE of Sutton 51 mi ( 81 km) NE of Whittier 51 mi ( 82 km) ESE of Palmer January 10 at 09:52 UTC (12:52 am AST), ML 4.0, 54 N 8', 164 W 14', depth = 0 km (0 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Unimak Island region of Alaska about 60 mi ( 96 km) SW of False Pass 62 mi (100 km) E of Akutan 95 mi (152 km) ENE of Dutch Harbor 95 mi (153 km) SW of Cold Bay 96 mi (154 km) ENE of Unalaska January 11 at 13:53 UTC (04:53 am AST), ML 4.0, 53 N 41', 165 W 48', depth = 52 km (32 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 31 mi ( 50 km) S of Akutan 33 mi ( 53 km) ESE of Dutch Harbor 33 mi ( 53 km) ESE of Unalaska 126 mi (202 km) SW of False Pass 138 mi (222 km) ENE of Nikolski January 11 at 18:57 UTC (09:57 am AST), mb 4.5, 52 N 9', 172 W 6', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 15 mi ( 24 km) SSW of Amukta Pass 89 mi (144 km) E of Atka 147 mi (237 km) WSW of Nikolski 195 mi (314 km) E of Adak 261 mi (421 km) WSW of Unalaska _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 98 1 5 3 43 8.81 54 6.11N 164 3.36W 0.0 2.4 0.40 9.05 7.86 221 16 5 68 C E UNIMAK IS. 98 1 5 3 44 13.13 53 51.19N 166 48.83W 4.0 1.8 0.16 0.95 3.62 142 8 8 7 B a FOX ISLS. 98 1 5 4 14 41.39 64 29.48N 147 8.23W 15.6 1.5 0.18 4.26 3.09 112 11 6 13 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 5 6 1 41.64 60 1.94N 153 3.84W 0.0 -0.4 0.03 1.81 21.42 108 6 4 3 D a COOK INLET. 98 1 5 6 4 27.96 64 21.36N 149 42.46W 15.1 1.4 0.20 2.74 3.22 158 12 8 24 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 5 9 29 24.37 52 34.74N 167 36.60W 33.0N 4.5mb R FOX ISLS. 98 1 6 4 11 6.02 52 7.38N 170 4.02W 33.0N 3.9mb R FOX ISLS. 98 1 6 8 33 32.29 61 47.76N 149 48.80W 38.1 1.7 0.29 3.44 4.19 153 16 6 17 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 6 13 8 36.02 62 15.22N 148 7.85W 12.0 1.7 0.20 3.28 6.49 65 18 4 51 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 6 14 22 53.91 61 33.24N 150 1.40W 53.7 1.7 0.21 2.84 2.53 74 16 4 13 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 6 21 13 36.78 62 53.50N 148 8.30W 57.3 1.7 0.11 2.24 5.84 50 15 4 44 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 7 0 37 2.96 53 41.61N 166 2.81W 75.5 2.2 0.24 47.39 28.69 262 12 6 45 D E FOX ISLS. 98 1 7 0 37 2.48 61 33.78N 146 9.62W 35.7 1.3 0.16 2.28 4.29 67 13 5 15 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 7 1 50 42.15 59 55.73N 153 17.89W 141.1 1.8 0.31 9.72 14.02 75 12 4 13 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 7 1 51 42.00 58 10.97N 155 16.24W 0.0 0.4 0.06 3.46 83.10 93 8 7 4 D a ALASKA PEN. 98 1 7 4 50 48.14 60 6.55N 152 35.85W 87.8 2.0 0.15 7.11 7.96 62 14 4 20 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 7 5 0 15.81 60 24.89N 151 46.25W 54.0 2.5 0.24 3.58 5.94 52 15 5 39 C E KENAI PEN. 98 1 7 5 0 42.07 63 23.25N 150 58.34W 38.3 1.4 0.43 9.17 16.49 146 8 4 81 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 7 5 33 24.07 59 57.54N 152 43.49W 97.8 2.2 0.13 2.94 8.08 58 15 3 17 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 7 6 35 44.24 61 7.54N 151 32.24W 72.4 2.3 0.19 3.40 7.59 53 14 4 29 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 7 9 46 5.72 63 6.49N 150 46.17W 108.3 2.4 0.22 7.87 9.84 70 12 6 59 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 7 12 38 51.05 61 5.58N 150 57.15W 45.1 2.3 0.16 2.00 5.63 64 14 6 42 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 7 12 38 44.65 64 29.81N 147 21.07W 12.5 1.2 0.28 8.88 4.92 129 8 5 22 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 7 14 22 55.70 61 35.00N 151 0.43W 69.0 3.0 0.12 1.56 4.75 76 13 6 19 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 7 18 29 32.92 51 4.20N 179 39.72E 33.0N 4.5mb R RAT ISLS. 98 1 7 19 9 47.84 51 21.42N 179 30.66E 33.0N 5.1mb R RAT ISLS. 98 1 7 19 56 42.20 59 58.96N 152 54.82W 108.0 2.3 0.20 7.04 8.97 72 16 5 7 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 0 47 0.93 61 45.30N 149 44.87W 39.0 1.3 0.23 4.46 8.90 54 10 5 14 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 2 30 55.78 51 8.88N 179 32.04E 33.0N 5.3mb R RAT ISLS. 98 1 8 3 51 26.51 59 18.02N 153 21.74W 93.0 2.4 0.08 3.51 7.86 64 13 5 5 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 7 22 3.61 54 2.82N 164 3.94W 9.6 4.4 0.26 5.18 6.36 217 13 5 70 C E UNIMAK IS. 98 1 8 8 44 9.07 61 31.35N 151 59.55W 13.1 2.1 0.09 5.05 6.70 77 13 4 16 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 10 1 50.38 61 31.47N 151 58.14W 8.2 2.3 0.18 2.89 5.18 50 17 5 17 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 10 2 31.10 61 28.47N 151 52.53W 15.7 1.1 0.34 9.11 11.07 148 8 5 20 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 10 27 51.10 61 31.07N 151 57.44W 9.1 1.6 0.23 2.52 5.37 49 15 4 17 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 10 54 17.37 61 27.86N 152 2.59W 9.5 1.7 0.20 2.79 2.16 62 14 3 9 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 11 25 59.38 61 30.80N 151 57.78W 11.1 2.4 0.11 1.99 3.96 61 13 7 16 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 11 33 11.43 60 21.61N 152 23.75W 81.6 1.7 0.24 5.71 6.74 72 13 5 22 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 15 2 35.26 61 55.78N 149 52.67W 41.1 1.7 0.16 4.16 11.83 65 10 6 31 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 15 17 57.11 58 5.44N 155 2.21W 102.2 2.7 0.08 3.80 6.42 152 13 5 9 C E ALASKA PEN. 98 1 8 16 42 7.89 60 4.06N 153 41.31W 169.9 2.6 0.12 9.77 8.13 96 14 4 31 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 8 18 0 33.13 60 47.61N 147 20.65W 28.2 2.0 0.17 2.04 2.82 96 19 8 17 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 8 20 27 29.76 62 10.42N 149 26.99W 45.2 1.4 0.13 5.86 11.75 71 10 5 50 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 8 23 31 26.07 62 48.90N 148 12.03W 54.6 2.3 0.15 1.44 5.96 53 17 5 51 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 8 23 38 51.90 64 48.14N 146 36.12W 22.8 1.3 0.20 2.66 1.18 95 9 5 14 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 8 23 39 17.61 64 47.53N 146 35.66W 23.0 1.6 0.19 2.70 1.17 170 10 6 14 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 8 23 44 14.24 60 1.77N 151 31.93W 66.8 1.9 0.21 1.74 4.28 67 18 8 14 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 9 0 4 55.14 64 59.98N 147 5.19W 10.4 1.0 0.13 3.58 4.27 243 10 6 14 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 9 0 4 58.00 67 42.17N 146 45.18W 5.0G 2.7 0.36 32.04 29.75 227 12 3 97 D E BROOKS RANGE. 98 1 9 0 34 10.23 62 24.20N 148 33.46W 9.3 1.8 0.16 3.67 8.48 79 9 7 67 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 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 98 1 9 2 9 44.51 64 47.34N 146 39.19W 23.5 2.0 0.35 6.23 2.05 110 15 5 11 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 9 4 14 4.73 60 0.77N 152 29.86W 70.5 1.0 0.15 28.43 22.73 152 8 3 63 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 9 5 12 18.17 53 55.72N 166 32.75W 9.1 1.3 0.21 4.48 5.14 172 8 7 10 C a FOX ISLS. 98 1 9 6 11 13.58 63 3.60N 150 53.22W 115.1 2.0 0.24 19.23 17.07 70 11 3 64 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 9 10 16 22.94 54 8.82N 163 52.84W 0.0 2.3 0.17 11.01 9.71 217 13 4 56 D E UNIMAK IS. 98 1 9 11 18 9.65 59 52.31N 152 42.68W 90.5 1.9 0.16 6.08 12.02 44 15 3 22 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 9 12 1 48.65 61 12.26N 150 43.97W 47.4 4.2 0.25 1.18 2.46 72 17 2 29 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 9 12 34 46.46 62 18.89N 150 0.77W 19.4 3.2 0.23 1.47 2.01 62 14 5 17 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 9 15 41 37.17 61 37.00N 149 57.00W 43.8 1.4 0.18 5.39 8.39 63 9 4 5 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 9 17 51 19.61 62 2.62N 153 6.20W 0.0 2.6 0.31 5.21 9.52 89 13 5 83 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 9 17 56 15.55 61 10.65N 151 58.33W 109.1 2.4 0.20 3.68 3.43 59 17 5 12 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 9 18 9 20.08 60 24.97N 152 7.30W 76.9 1.5 0.24 3.81 3.29 79 15 6 23 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 9 21 39 37.40 62 34.07N 151 7.19W 100.9 3.3 0.24 2.20 3.28 83 17 5 47 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 10 8 22 36.54 59 48.40N 152 52.52W 92.6 2.3 0.22 6.83 11.77 49 12 3 20 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 10 8 54 19.13 61 18.82N 147 40.86W 34.2 4.3 0.42 0.69 1.08 73 15 11 15 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 10 9 52 37.03 54 8.21N 164 14.17W 0.0 4.0 0.19 7.51 2.46 209 14 6 65 C E UNIMAK IS. 98 1 10 11 10 34.00 61 49.90N 151 12.22W 0.0 2.1 0.24 2.79 6.34 78 14 4 24 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 10 11 27 3.36 59 38.86N 151 55.63W 57.8 2.6 0.23 1.69 2.85 63 14 6 16 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 10 12 12 59.76 61 25.53N 150 6.67W 30.8 1.5 0.17 4.70 7.68 95 12 6 28 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 10 12 37 21.67 59 27.15N 152 45.78W 78.1 2.4 0.15 4.52 3.67 78 14 6 35 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 10 21 23 4.32 60 40.36N 151 44.40W 71.3 1.4 0.28 7.77 15.03 66 11 3 29 D E KENAI PEN. 98 1 10 21 23 4.10 57 55.56N 152 36.41W 52.7 2.7 0.28 10.19 15.23 115 14 5 21 D E KODIAK IS REG. 98 1 10 23 17 38.50 59 46.80N 152 24.08W 70.5 2.4 0.11 3.42 7.30 67 12 6 42 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 11 1 44 40.31 60 47.25N 151 49.07W 82.4 1.8 0.14 4.45 4.94 110 17 5 32 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 11 2 55 27.50 61 30.37N 149 51.74W 31.6 1.7 0.25 1.00 3.33 69 15 4 16 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 11 6 11 33.17 60 35.04N 148 31.96W 10.6 2.3 0.19 1.02 2.04 76 19 7 33 A E KENAI PEN. 98 1 11 6 27 54.39 60 14.31N 140 55.31W 0.3 2.8 0.22 1.71 4.95 129 15 4 78 B E YAKUTAT BAY. 98 1 11 7 14 15.82 57 50.29N 156 23.79W 129.0 3.0 0.22 6.47 4.59 158 16 6 54 C E ALASKA PEN. 98 1 11 8 55 5.13 63 41.15N 149 49.29W 140.8 2.9 0.30 3.10 4.19 87 18 8 35 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 11 10 55 48.61 61 54.90N 150 9.35W 52.5 1.5 0.23 2.92 7.44 84 12 5 33 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 11 13 53 12.81 53 41.24N 165 47.62W 51.6 4.0 0.10 7.59 6.19 235 14 3 47 C E FOX ISLS. 98 1 11 16 27 50.44 58 58.33N 154 28.50W 115.4 2.2 0.15 10.83 7.06 134 15 4 25 D E ALASKA PEN. 98 1 11 18 12 50.87 59 37.96N 153 1.20W 101.1 2.7 0.14 4.24 7.02 58 14 6 12 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 11 18 57 10.91 52 8.58N 172 6.18W 33.0N 4.5mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. MS 4.3 (NEIS).