Issued: March 9, 1998 Prepared by: Nan Macgregor-Scott No. 08 - 98 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period March 2 - 8, 1998 March 3 at 17:58 UTC (08:58 am AST), mb 4.1, 51 N 48Õ, 176 E 49Õ, depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Rat Islands region of Alaska about 54 mi ( 86 km) SE of Buldir Is 96 mi (154 km) WNW of Amchitka 131 mi (211 km) ESE of Shemya Is 171 mi (275 km) ESE of Attu 280 mi (450 km) W of Adak March 4 at 11:39 UTC (02:39 am AST), ML 4.3, 62 N 2Õ, 149 W 46Õ, depth = 44 km (27 mi): A light earthquake, felt in Anchorage and Palmer, was located in the central region of Alaska about 22 mi ( 36 km) NNE of Willow 23 mi ( 37 km) SSE of Talkeetna 24 mi ( 38 km) NW of Hatcher Pass 34 mi ( 54 km) NNW of Wasilla 37 mi ( 59 km) NW of Sutton March 8 at 19:28 UTC (10:28 am AST), ML 3.8, 65 N 40Õ, 145 W 6Õ, depth = 14 km (8 mi): A minor earthquake, felt lightly in Fairbanks, was located in the north-central region of Alaska about 11 mi ( 17 km) NW of Central 32 mi ( 51 km) WSW of Circle 46 mi ( 74 km) SSE of Birch Creek 63 mi (101 km) S of Fort Yukon 79 mi (127 km) ENE of Chatanika _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 3 2 0 13 47.33 61 41.18N 150 50.13W 60.8 2.1 0.28 1.61 5.77 60 21 9 51 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 2 0 37.23 59 35.60N 153 23.81W 110.1 2.0 0.15 2.75 4.05 66 28 11 12 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 2 9 51.53 59 2.52N 152 43.40W 74.2 2.1 0.19 1.47 4.49 101 23 7 52 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 3 52 31.71 61 45.96N 149 36.48W 38.3 1.8 0.22 2.14 2.84 51 16 7 19 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 4 32 38.86 61 31.74N 149 52.20W 40.4 1.6 0.17 1.58 2.78 63 17 5 14 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 7 35 14.73 61 24.66N 149 51.25W 39.4 1.4 0.26 3.28 3.57 85 16 5 24 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 10 15 48.49 61 33.61N 149 49.34W 44.0 1.5 0.22 2.44 4.60 77 18 7 11 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 2 11 9 19.38 61 46.20N 148 23.92W 9.3 1.3 0.38 1.00 0.83 92 14 7 5 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 3 2 2 58.06 60 14.02N 153 5.32W 133.6 2.3 0.33 2.05 1.24 75 32 12 19 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 2 35 37.61 62 22.76N 149 13.23W 10.0 2.4 0.49 1.38 4.19 70 16 8 54 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 3 3 31 27.36 60 35.17N 151 1.03W 47.1 2.0 0.24 1.71 5.52 54 24 10 21 C E KENAI PEN. 98 3 3 3 32 40.04 58 20.16N 154 44.20W 5.4 2.3 0.18 1.78 2.19 113 20 8 28 A a ALASKA PEN. 98 3 3 3 44 47.30 60 5.87N 152 11.29W 72.1 2.2 0.27 0.99 2.77 62 28 13 43 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 5 22 37.43 59 48.67N 153 42.05W 127.4 2.3 0.17 5.93 4.40 60 23 10 28 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 5 46 56.99 59 59.03N 153 37.34W 141.1 2.5 0.14 4.51 4.08 104 23 6 28 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 7 43 16.83 63 19.16N 145 11.78W 11.4 2.0 0.24 0.90 2.16 87 15 5 30 A E E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 3 7 44 24.95 61 26.73N 152 1.40W 7.8 1.3 0.12 3.83 9.53 331 9 4 21 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 7 44 22.39 60 0.39N 151 34.67W 69.3 1.7 0.18 2.77 4.05 94 14 5 17 B E KENAI PEN. 98 3 3 12 23 5.60 59 54.77N 152 1.11W 64.4 2.0 0.28 1.68 4.16 45 31 9 35 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 12 34 37.14 62 54.68N 149 42.47W 100.5 2.4 0.36 1.16 2.76 56 17 7 63 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 3 12 42 49.42 61 31.04N 146 41.38W 8.5 1.2 0.26 1.32 3.83 62 18 6 41 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 3 17 31 14.51 61 19.88N 151 51.35W 93.2 2.2 0.24 4.65 5.71 138 14 7 18 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 17 58 11.61 51 48.24N 176 49.44E 33.0N 4.1mb R RAT ISLS. 98 3 3 20 6 2.59 61 55.44N 149 4.72W 40.3 1.3 0.20 2.09 3.22 130 16 6 19 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 3 23 11 46.29 62 4.49N 147 40.00W 36.6 1.6 0.22 3.35 3.17 138 16 6 32 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 4 1 50 8.08 59 56.81N 152 7.16W 61.5 2.7 0.24 0.85 3.23 48 33 14 42 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 8 47 55.09 60 24.10N 152 47.46W 130.2 2.2 0.16 1.71 2.69 108 17 10 11 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 9 3 50.25 61 51.57N 152 1.40W 113.7 1.9 0.16 4.55 2.66 74 19 5 29 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 9 39 44.69 57 30.91N 156 18.82W 87.2 3.0 0.26 8.47 4.60 159 23 8 74 C E ALASKA PEN. 98 3 4 9 56 25.92 59 50.85N 152 47.07W 100.5 2.1 0.13 1.52 1.54 59 21 14 20 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 10 33 3.34 61 48.18N 150 25.21W 44.5 1.9 0.28 0.99 2.96 77 17 16 33 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 10 39 20.99 59 56.43N 152 54.70W 107.2 1.9 0.19 1.61 1.61 71 15 13 9 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 11 39 32.40 62 2.03N 149 45.91W 43.9 4.3 0.20 0.90 2.85 61 17 5 43 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 4 11 48 9.37 61 46.94N 149 37.26W 39.6 1.5 0.28 1.18 2.02 65 16 14 20 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 12 2 58.64 62 1.57N 149 47.76W 52.3 2.0 0.31 1.27 2.12 62 15 8 42 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 4 12 21 34.75 61 49.51N 149 40.02W 37.7 1.9 0.30 0.82 2.05 53 16 11 22 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 12 32 0.83 60 33.00N 145 21.23W 0.0 0.8 0.21 2.21 4.47 138 12 5 65 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 4 12 37 31.14 61 30.27N 149 54.63W 47.0 1.4 0.28 1.22 2.81 91 17 12 16 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 15 37 51.04 61 33.23N 152 14.67W 132.9 2.2 0.15 3.91 5.56 142 18 8 17 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 16 20 39.38 62 4.91N 151 7.31W 80.5 1.9 0.22 2.24 1.97 121 17 10 24 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 4 16 21 21.36 64 41.32N 149 13.97W 12.6 1.7 0.25 1.86 2.86 118 9 5 14 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 4 19 31 45.77 61 59.21N 149 42.00W 5.5 1.3 0.47 1.48 2.47 75 15 7 55 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 4 20 40 4.08 60 34.03N 142 17.41W 0.0 2.7 0.61 0.87 1.27 73 17 7 34 A E CAPE YAKATAGA. 98 3 4 21 36 58.24 62 1.16N 149 44.84W 42.1 2.2 0.15 0.89 3.21 60 16 4 42 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 4 21 48 2.57 59 21.82N 153 25.45W 0.0 0.3 0.06 2.14 0.52 141 7 2 0 A a COOK INLET. 98 3 4 21 48 35.19 59 59.79N 153 4.41W 0.8 0.0 0.08 0.38 0.53 158 6 5 1 A a COOK INLET. 98 3 5 0 33 21.81 59 21.83N 153 25.97W 0.0 -0.2 0.02 1.01 0.96 193 5 3 0 A a COOK INLET. 98 3 5 4 7 18.34 61 14.72N 149 57.31W 40.3 1.2 0.16 3.34 2.68 130 10 6 21 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 5 4 7 55.38 61 34.70N 150 34.39W 44.3 1.8 0.27 1.11 2.24 66 14 11 16 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 5 5 36 52.16 61 37.41N 151 17.32W 1.9 1.9 0.36 0.61 1.23 60 21 12 34 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 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 98 3 5 6 26 51.74 62 6.99N 148 48.92W 31.9 1.1 0.32 2.12 2.29 104 15 7 39 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 5 6 27 32.27 58 11.66N 155 17.27W 0.0 0.5 0.08 2.20 10.89 177 5 4 3 D a ALASKA PEN. 98 3 5 7 15 9.17 59 59.27N 153 3.14W 1.7 0.5 0.05 1.08 1.97 162 6 6 3 A a COOK INLET. 98 3 5 7 15 26.80 58 16.76N 155 2.32W 7.1 0.9 0.09 3.77 3.48 257 5 5 9 B a ALASKA PEN. 98 3 5 7 46 51.84 59 29.72N 152 51.23W 72.4 2.2 0.23 2.62 2.99 71 19 13 28 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 5 10 1 14.13 60 14.83N 148 43.56W 15.1 1.7 0.10 0.90 3.62 132 16 9 43 B E KENAI PEN. 98 3 5 11 34 35.54 59 39.69N 153 29.99W 123.9 2.4 0.19 1.74 2.66 104 21 14 15 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 5 11 40 7.00 61 26.62N 146 43.28W 13.4 1.5 0.20 1.27 3.14 67 16 9 40 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 5 11 41 7.96 60 57.15N 151 17.56W 68.7 1.3 0.14 5.58 8.16 113 11 5 24 C E KENAI PEN. 98 3 5 13 26 30.20 62 16.60N 148 42.72W 21.6 1.4 0.25 2.42 4.83 60 18 7 56 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 5 16 35 42.80 61 16.77N 146 24.63W 29.6 1.8 0.22 1.50 1.91 50 17 10 17 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 5 17 32 3.08 60 31.88N 147 23.49W 12.4 2.0 0.20 1.09 2.27 99 15 8 42 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 5 18 55 49.73 59 48.64N 152 13.64W 89.4 3.4 0.29 0.71 1.53 43 30 25 37 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 5 19 5 49.40 61 23.75N 147 47.60W 27.6 1.3 0.26 0.91 2.69 58 15 5 24 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 5 19 42 53.78 65 11.30N 148 24.02W 13.1 2.1 0.56 1.36 1.23 140 14 10 27 A E N CENTRAL AK. 98 3 6 2 53 28.95 60 17.75N 152 23.46W 82.9 2.5 0.26 1.17 1.97 80 24 18 28 A E COOK INLET. 98 3 6 5 18 8.08 54 31.87N 162 15.65W 58.8 2.6 0.13 3.78 2.80 261 13 9 49 B E ALASKA PEN. 98 3 6 12 23 16.65 62 18.01N 149 39.25W 56.6 1.6 0.25 1.27 1.80 56 16 9 34 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 6 13 1 47.03 58 54.06N 153 22.29W 72.2 2.4 0.23 1.09 2.19 74 20 16 16 A E KODIAK IS REG. 98 3 6 13 33 13.43 60 2.05N 153 4.00W 0.0 -0.5 0.04 2.10 22.48 111 6 5 3 D a COOK INLET. 98 3 6 15 38 6.11 54 5.80N 164 6.60W 12.7 3.0 0.30 3.06 4.67 213 16 14 69 B E UNIMAK IS. 98 3 6 16 2 15.78 62 15.60N 150 33.52W 10.3 2.6 0.20 3.69 6.80 70 17 4 22 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 6 18 58 18.28 61 25.02N 151 11.53W 63.4 2.2 0.30 4.29 8.75 76 11 9 25 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 6 19 51 1.69 60 41.92N 150 18.91W 37.3 3.0 0.21 1.14 3.50 44 30 7 21 B E KENAI PEN. 98 3 6 22 40 15.93 63 47.41N 149 28.32W 119.0 2.1 0.11 5.25 7.44 86 11 5 27 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 7 0 1 14.07 60 42.10N 149 25.90W 10.7 1.3 0.30 0.88 1.84 90 16 8 24 A E KENAI PEN. 98 3 7 0 9 46.60 58 15.88N 155 31.27W 0.0 1.4 0.09 0.88 12.03 135 8 6 13 D E ALASKA PEN. 98 3 7 1 23 17.12 60 2.44N 153 4.37W 0.0 -0.1 0.06 0.43 2.93 114 6 7 2 B a COOK INLET. 98 3 7 3 59 55.44 62 9.91N 144 52.00W 13.4 1.6 0.22 1.31 1.75 76 18 7 32 A E E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 7 4 16 8.99 58 7.25N 154 58.26W 93.7 3.3 0.13 2.39 1.73 154 16 11 11 A E ALASKA PEN. 98 3 7 7 2 13.95 59 30.11N 153 5.09W 108.3 3.1 0.17 1.61 2.99 65 21 13 19 B E COOK INLET. 98 3 7 10 24 20.91 61 58.98N 147 37.40W 29.3 1.4 0.28 2.01 2.73 76 18 9 23 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 3 7 11 58 53.01 63 11.26N 150 38.98W 129.6 2.3 0.23 2.76 3.83 76 18 10 35 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 7 19 28 49.73 60 55.72N 151 19.20W 65.0 1.8 0.17 2.21 7.25 93 15 8 59 C E KENAI PEN. 98 3 7 20 18 21.24 62 0.56N 149 47.71W 43.6 2.6 0.19 1.70 2.42 58 17 10 40 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 7 20 36 30.22 60 10.70N 153 23.21W 163.9 2.9 0.25 5.98 4.32 150 16 7 19 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 7 22 49 8.16 63 4.11N 150 20.19W 96.1 2.3 0.17 3.17 3.87 92 18 9 37 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 8 1 17 8.49 61 58.32N 151 7.68W 67.2 2.0 0.19 4.80 10.92 68 14 5 66 D E COOK INLET. 98 3 8 1 50 54.56 60 19.47N 152 11.02W 98.8 2.5 0.12 3.42 9.26 62 14 6 34 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 8 8 19 4.12 63 8.91N 149 40.19W 89.8 1.8 0.15 6.34 7.09 68 15 2 19 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 8 13 13 43.74 60 56.37N 151 4.47W 11.7 1.5 0.19 3.54 6.27 96 15 4 24 C E KENAI PEN. 98 3 8 14 31 1.29 59 33.40N 152 6.35W 60.0 1.8 0.13 7.06 9.78 74 11 4 27 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 8 14 30 45.15 60 48.44N 149 38.06W 49.5 1.1 0.44 9.88 11.67 118 12 3 34 D E KENAI PEN. 98 3 8 14 40 26.49 60 21.56N 152 13.73W 78.9 2.8 0.23 4.08 8.16 59 15 6 30 C E COOK INLET. 98 3 8 15 4 31.43 62 48.91N 149 4.50W 62.5 3.0 0.16 1.20 6.81 69 15 5 34 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 8 17 36 48.77 63 49.15N 149 15.83W 120.5 2.2 0.17 3.19 5.30 82 14 7 19 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 3 8 19 28 20.26 65 39.67N 145 5.76W 13.7 3.8 0.32 2.32 1.11 171 15 5 25 A E N CENTRAL AK. 98 3 8 20 38 30.97 61 36.76N 151 7.55W 68.3 1.8 0.21 5.30 11.30 84 13 7 66 D E COOK INLET. 98 3 8 21 29 15.21 65 45.76N 147 56.40W 11.4 2.5 0.60 5.11 4.92 132 14 5 90 C E N CENTRAL AK. 98 3 8 22 44 31.59 61 48.55N 150 22.07W 4.8 1.5 0.22 3.05 2.44 123 16 8 31 B 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 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 98 3 8 23 17 5.68 63 12.23N 150 42.20W 134.1 3.1 0.21 2.24 3.74 79 11 5 35 B E CENTRAL AK.