Issued: February 2, 1998 Prepared by: Lalitha Rao No. 05- 98 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period January 26 - February 1, 1998 January 26 at 07:40 UTC (10:40 pm AST), mb 4.8, 52 N 31', 168 W 24', depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 35 mi ( 56 km) SE of Nikolski 122 mi (196 km) SW of Unalaska 123 mi (198 km) SW of Dutch Harbor 153 mi (246 km) E of Amukta Pass 156 mi (251 km) SW of Akutan January 26 at 18:43 UTC (09:43 am AST), ML 4.0, 60 N 9', 153 W 26', depth = 152 km (95 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska about 31 mi ( 49 km) E of Port Alsworth 34 mi ( 55 km) NE of Pedro Bay 50 mi ( 81 km) ENE of Nondalton 58 mi ( 93 km) ENE of Iliamna 59 mi ( 95 km) ENE of Newhalen January 28 at 10:47 UTC (01:47 am AST), mb 4.8, 51 N 4', 177 W 32', depth = 38 km (24 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 68 mi (109 km) SW of Adak 154 mi (247 km) E of Amchitka 163 mi (263 km) WSW of Atka 254 mi (409 km) WSW of Amukta Pass 295 mi (474 km) ESE of Buldir Is January 28 at 22:01 UTC (01:01 pm AST), ML 4.0, 58 N 48', 137 W 53', depth = 0 km (0 mi): A light earthquake was located in southeastern Alaska about 71 mi (114 km) NW of Elfin Cove 82 mi (132 km) WSW of Klukwan 83 mi (133 km) WNW of Gustavus 83 mi (133 km) SE of Yakutat 85 mi (136 km) NW of Pelican January 29 at 08:37 UTC (11:37 pm AST), ML 4.3, 55 N 29', 154 W 9', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A light earthquake was located south of Alaska about 124 mi (199 km) SSW of Old Harbor 143 mi (229 km) S of Larsen Bay 145 mi (234 km) S of Karluk 172 mi (277 km) SSW of Port Lions 173 mi (278 km) SSW of Kodiak January 30 at 09:03 UTC (12:03 am AST), ML 4.2, 58 N 5', 154 W 31', depth = 88 km (55 mi): A light earthquake was located in the Alaska Peninsula region of Alaska about 36 mi ( 58 km) N of Karluk 43 mi ( 69 km) NNW of Larsen Bay 62 mi (100 km) WNW of Port Lions 75 mi (121 km) W of Ouzinkie 76 mi (122 km) NW of Old Harbor January 30 at 15:42 UTC (06:42 am AST), ML 4.3, 65 N 32', 143 W 58', depth = 10 km (6 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Fairbanks and vicinity, was located in the north-central region of Alaska about 20 mi ( 32 km) S of Circle 24 mi ( 39 km) E of Central 72 mi (117 km) SE of Birch Creek 78 mi (125 km) S of Chalkyitsik 79 mi (128 km) WNW of Crooked Creek _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 26 1 30 26.92 61 37.71N 149 50.85W 51.8 1.7 0.23 1.50 2.87 89 15 11 3 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 4 32 31.87 62 13.20N 150 16.41W 12.5 2.8 0.41 0.82 1.73 74 17 8 21 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 5 14 10.64 62 22.50N 148 33.60W 18.0 1.1 0.22 2.20 9.16 77 10 7 64 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 6 5 18.46 60 9.72N 153 24.98W 147.5 3.2 0.24 2.61 3.39 86 16 10 23 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 6 54 45.20 61 49.83N 148 20.10W 27.8 1.9 0.61 1.03 1.69 61 18 6 2 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 26 7 40 25.00 52 31.20N 168 24.00W 33.0N 4.8mb R FOX ISLS. 98 1 26 10 46 16.59 62 9.91N 149 35.43W 49.5 3.1 0.25 1.22 3.02 59 16 11 44 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 12 7 22.75 63 16.66N 151 46.03W 31.1 3.3 0.31 4.14 13.07 82 18 5 113 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 13 13 7.77 60 23.67N 152 27.55W 101.3 3.0 0.25 1.15 2.07 84 27 16 17 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 14 27 37.34 61 19.27N 145 38.90W 0.0 1.1 0.39 2.29 2.45 123 8 5 24 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 26 14 27 34.32 62 10.85N 149 35.93W 54.5 1.7 0.22 2.00 3.21 59 15 10 43 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 15 53 13.52 61 13.75N 148 41.32W 34.5 1.2 0.11 1.33 2.51 49 17 7 24 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 26 15 59 10.98 61 27.76N 147 11.64W 13.6 1.3 0.43 0.97 2.13 50 17 9 42 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 26 16 27 26.01 62 14.22N 150 15.69W 13.6 1.7 0.37 1.78 2.58 112 16 9 19 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 16 46 43.89 62 19.66N 149 31.50W 47.2 1.6 0.26 1.40 2.80 117 14 7 39 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 26 16 58 2.80 59 28.81N 152 2.74W 67.1 2.1 0.28 0.87 1.57 94 21 17 21 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 18 30 40.23 61 49.08N 148 50.74W 15.0 2.8 0.47 0.72 1.01 48 19 12 7 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 26 18 43 13.44 60 8.51N 153 25.68W 152.4 4.0 0.20 2.65 3.03 85 23 12 22 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 18 53 29.64 61 38.90N 150 19.82W 55.1 1.7 0.40 1.15 4.12 77 18 10 24 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 22 10 45.56 61 31.42N 150 12.79W 46.1 1.8 0.47 1.07 1.62 55 19 16 23 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 22 51 46.17 59 57.73N 153 7.97W 112.0 2.5 0.26 1.62 2.54 65 33 13 4 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 26 23 58 1.14 65 0.02N 147 21.48W 0.0 1.3 0.23 3.81 18.20 239 10 3 2 D E N CENTRAL AK. 98 1 27 0 27 54.02 60 21.26N 152 29.13W 90.2 1.7 0.18 8.44 9.96 71 12 4 17 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 27 0 38 24.05 61 34.06N 150 57.85W 63.2 1.9 0.15 4.24 6.99 73 10 7 16 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 27 1 30 19.03 60 6.93N 151 26.49W 58.7 2.5 0.16 2.73 4.39 47 14 7 12 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 27 1 32 25.77 63 7.18N 150 45.93W 121.7 1.7 0.33 11.29 17.06 98 10 4 84 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 27 3 3 56.54 59 51.45N 148 9.45W 16.6 2.3 0.17 4.47 2.42 114 14 5 27 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 27 4 47 50.68 60 55.26N 149 15.78W 33.0 1.4 0.07 4.18 3.86 76 11 4 15 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 27 5 52 8.67 62 54.84N 151 20.39W 109.8 2.3 0.18 8.88 7.71 95 14 5 79 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 27 6 44 21.28 62 22.62N 148 33.53W 13.3 1.7 0.15 3.46 11.30 76 11 5 64 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 27 9 8 23.59 64 11.60N 150 45.63W 0.0 2.0 0.40 7.31 11.74 117 8 4 92 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 27 14 35 57.88 59 15.66N 151 53.25W 42.6 1.8 0.49 6.11 15.86 108 12 3 47 D E KENAI PEN. 98 1 27 16 2 21.68 60 9.08N 151 47.17W 51.7 2.2 0.15 4.39 11.99 61 13 5 30 D E KENAI PEN. 98 1 27 16 33 5.91 61 8.37N 151 2.62W 34.1 1.9 0.16 3.14 6.32 67 11 5 40 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 27 18 58 30.39 61 54.31N 151 31.22W 79.2 1.9 0.19 5.26 9.02 72 12 3 8 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 27 19 27 2.25 59 59.61N 152 16.88W 81.7 2.1 0.36 4.87 11.68 57 13 4 39 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 27 20 53 5.29 59 58.93N 152 42.20W 103.2 1.9 0.12 10.63 13.93 51 14 3 18 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 27 23 15 38.87 61 42.09N 151 12.56W 74.6 2.2 0.09 2.26 6.26 100 12 5 35 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 0 9 9.13 60 26.55N 147 23.93W 15.0 1.7 0.23 1.04 5.58 114 14 10 50 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 28 0 38 6.51 61 50.47N 150 10.63W 52.5 1.7 0.26 2.83 3.99 79 16 10 26 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 1 0 15.14 59 2.82N 135 57.30W 10.0 3.6 R SOUTHEASTERN AK. 98 1 28 3 22 10.93 61 15.08N 150 41.23W 37.9 1.6 0.31 1.07 2.76 69 16 11 24 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 4 26 39.87 60 44.14N 151 23.81W 64.5 2.1 0.24 0.98 2.13 65 19 16 9 A E KENAI PEN. 98 1 28 5 57 44.44 59 42.97N 152 14.05W 71.8 2.0 0.24 0.97 2.89 72 21 14 34 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 6 48 0.23 61 45.31N 148 31.57W 3.2 0.8 0.26 1.60 2.00 111 8 3 12 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 28 10 12 29.89 61 33.75N 147 33.63W 18.6 0.9 0.61 0.85 1.71 78 15 5 33 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 28 10 47 22.46 51 4.14N 177 32.10W 38.4 4.8mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 98 1 28 11 39 34.49 53 53.39N 164 10.07W 10.0G 3.2 0.45 9.71 8.85 223 17 15 92 C E UNIMAK IS. 98 1 28 11 41 46.71 61 29.88N 150 0.45W 47.2 1.6 0.30 1.20 2.36 117 13 11 18 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 11 58 2.37 62 10.41N 149 52.91W 46.0 2.0 0.36 0.92 3.36 46 17 14 33 B 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 28 13 33 9.93 61 53.40N 150 45.74W 62.6 1.9 0.19 1.81 2.65 100 15 11 42 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 14 22 47.14 58 46.57N 154 26.57W 0.0 2.6 0.31 1.32 1.47 124 15 9 46 A E ALASKA PEN. 98 1 28 15 20 34.84 61 31.02N 150 48.07W 57.9 1.9 0.18 1.06 1.69 73 14 11 7 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 28 16 56 2.92 61 1.59N 146 33.41W 19.3 0.8 0.27 1.53 0.73 112 12 6 4 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 28 22 1 38.30 58 48.33N 137 53.42W 0.0 4.0 0.41 8.13 5.38 178 15 6 129 C E SOUTHEASTERN AK. 98 1 29 7 10 40.29 62 50.70N 149 27.26W 74.8 1.7 0.10 7.12 9.38 91 10 4 17 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 29 7 26 16.19 63 9.29N 150 35.61W 121.8 2.0 0.29 6.99 12.55 69 12 6 85 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 29 7 32 57.17 61 43.61N 146 30.68W 28.8 1.9 0.15 1.70 7.16 58 20 5 41 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 29 8 37 50.96 55 28.89N 154 8.76W 10.0G 4.3 0.85 44.35 52.88 249 15 2 272 D E SOUTH OF AK. 98 1 29 11 48 1.03 61 56.87N 149 32.32W 37.2 2.4 0.09 1.91 5.48 55 16 6 38 C E COOK INLET. 98 1 29 18 43 48.79 58 56.68N 152 50.47W 65.4 2.4 0.13 2.67 7.87 91 14 8 45 C E KODIAK IS REG. 98 1 29 18 46 43.36 63 20.29N 151 33.03W 35.7 2.2 0.44 11.14 17.33 81 17 4 104 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 29 20 15 18.78 62 22.67N 151 17.67W 77.3 1.9 0.11 5.65 6.55 79 14 5 46 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 29 21 6 33.12 60 3.50N 152 56.60W 105.0 2.9 0.20 1.70 3.93 67 37 9 3 B E COOK INLET. 98 1 29 21 23 39.85 59 32.70N 152 30.78W 83.0 1.8 0.18 7.20 12.81 122 15 4 42 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 30 1 40 42.86 60 1.14N 153 5.30W 0.0 -0.6 0.31 5.96 4.58 171 4 3 1 C a COOK INLET. 98 1 30 4 24 43.09 62 11.25N 150 25.53W 12.9 2.0 0.34 1.83 3.12 130 15 10 26 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 30 8 29 55.61 60 8.21N 150 50.24W 33.7 2.7 0.20 0.80 2.16 92 17 14 27 A E KENAI PEN. 98 1 30 9 3 58.54 58 5.16N 154 30.83W 88.1 4.2 0.17 2.18 3.31 159 14 10 39 B E ALASKA PEN. 98 1 30 9 50 23.02 61 33.36N 146 19.57W 29.1 1.1 0.35 1.19 3.05 73 16 11 23 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 1 30 11 55 5.85 58 16.52N 155 32.25W 4.3 1.7 0.11 0.57 4.13 83 10 10 14 B a ALASKA PEN. 98 1 30 15 0 23.02 63 31.62N 150 45.69W 9.8 2.4 0.32 3.09 2.56 163 15 7 83 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 30 15 42 36.60 65 32.18N 143 57.77W 10.0G 4.3 0.35 14.83 25.20 275 15 4 171 D E N CENTRAL AK. 98 1 30 20 1 50.92 60 1.01N 153 2.52W 0.0 -0.4 0.20 1.88 2.48 106 5 5 1 A a COOK INLET. 98 1 30 22 17 18.62 63 0.99N 149 20.33W 80.6 2.1 0.19 2.09 2.36 103 17 15 16 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 31 2 57 5.61 59 49.01N 150 55.67W 54.3 2.2 0.12 2.92 5.34 63 13 5 6 C E KENAI PEN. 98 1 31 3 48 31.36 60 8.12N 153 17.78W 130.3 2.0 0.10 8.33 13.31 88 12 4 12 D E COOK INLET. 98 1 31 5 20 11.33 60 9.16N 151 55.82W 57.7 1.7 0.15 3.83 9.17 64 13 5 38 C E KENAI PEN. 98 1 31 6 27 6.57 60 51.02N 150 37.04W 33.0 1.9 0.12 2.16 14.39 58 13 7 36 D E KENAI PEN. 98 1 31 9 22 34.17 62 52.21N 148 9.48W 50.1 2.4 0.15 2.47 6.33 50 16 4 46 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 31 10 16 1.11 61 44.09N 149 36.54W 34.2 2.1 0.23 1.45 2.14 55 14 6 17 A E COOK INLET. 98 1 31 10 49 21.01 60 46.57N 151 25.12W 66.6 1.7 0.15 5.18 11.69 64 14 7 11 D E KENAI PEN. 98 1 31 11 45 15.17 63 19.13N 151 43.32W 18.9 3.1 0.34 4.64 13.26 83 11 5 112 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 31 14 45 30.24 59 9.20N 150 55.86W 0.0 3.5 0.33 2.12 2.62 154 18 8 45 B E KENAI PEN. 98 1 31 18 25 51.01 63 17.99N 151 20.04W 102.3 3.4 0.28 3.85 9.23 106 17 5 93 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 1 31 21 39 26.31 60 24.97N 151 7.08W 35.2 2.0 0.23 1.32 5.22 75 14 9 37 C E KENAI PEN. 98 1 31 22 22 50.16 60 16.08N 153 8.60W 135.6 2.1 0.18 5.25 6.71 150 13 4 23 C E COOK INLET. 98 2 1 8 24 41.51 63 15.13N 150 58.76W 12.4 2.8 0.20 3.93 3.99 172 16 5 74 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 2 1 8 58 46.48 60 46.46N 151 47.39W 80.4 1.6 0.22 2.06 4.95 61 17 7 30 B E KENAI PEN. 98 2 1 9 38 2.03 62 11.43N 147 51.22W 31.6 1.7 0.22 2.74 5.45 82 15 10 48 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 2 1 9 42 5.89 64 47.41N 147 32.33W 15.9 0.9 0.19 1.65 1.85 152 7 6 18 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 2 1 9 55 33.57 63 15.44N 150 56.19W 16.0 2.1 0.15 2.99 2.14 165 15 7 73 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 2 1 13 41 59.31 59 29.27N 152 59.06W 100.0 2.4 0.20 1.45 3.38 76 21 15 23 B E COOK INLET. 98 2 1 20 25 29.95 61 45.62N 151 3.69W 60.9 1.6 0.25 1.48 3.12 79 14 12 35 B E COOK INLET.