ssued: December 8, 1998 Prepared by: Nan Macgregor-Scott No. 47 - 98 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period November 30 - December 6, 1998 November 30 at 02:11 UTC (05:11 pm AST), mb 4.7, 52 N 37Õ, 176 W 28Õ, depth = 175 km (109 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 52 mi ( 84 km) N of Adak 101 mi (162 km) WNW of Atka 190 mi (305 km) W of Amukta Pass 207 mi (334 km) ENE of Amchitka 320 mi (515 km) W of Nikolski November 30 at 03:20 UTC (06:20 pm AST), ML 3.6, 54 N 5Õ, 164 W 2Õ, depth = 25 km (16 mi): A minor earthquake was located in the Unimak Island region of Alaska about 59 mi ( 95 km) SSW of False Pass 71 mi (114 km) E of Akutan 93 mi (149 km) SW of Cold Bay 97 mi (156 km) SW of King Cove 103 mi (165 km) E of Dutch Harbor December 1 at 10:38 UTC (01:38 am AST), ML 5.1, 53 N 6Õ, 164 W 20Õ, depth = 22 km (14 mi): A moderate earthquake was located in the Unimak Island region of Alaska about 93 mi (149 km) SE of Akutan 105 mi (170 km) ESE of Unalaska 105 mi (170 km) ESE of Dutch Harbor 127 mi (205 km) SSW of False Pass 159 mi (255 km) SSW of Cold Bay December 3 at 14:26 UTC (05:26 am AST), mb 3.9, 52 N 35Õ, 177 W 58Õ, depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A minor earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 75 mi (120 km) NW of Adak 149 mi (239 km) ENE of Amchitka 162 mi (261 km) WNW of Atka 253 mi (407 km) W of Amukta Pass 258 mi (415 km) E of Buldir Is December 3 at 21:51 UTC (12:51 pm AST), mb 4.6, 50 N 42Õ, 174 E 46Õ, depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Aleutian Islands region of Alaska about 124 mi (200 km) SSW of Buldir Is 141 mi (228 km) SSE of Shemya Is 168 mi (270 km) SSE of Attu 193 mi (310 km) WSW of Amchitka 380 mi (612 km) W of Adak December 4 at 21:49 UTC (12:49 pm AST), mb 4.9, 52 N 13Õ, 169 W 32Õ, depth = 45 km (28 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 57 mi ( 92 km) SSW of Nikolski 105 mi (169 km) E of Amukta Pass 170 mi (273 km) SW of Unalaska 171 mi (275 km) SW of Dutch Harbor 198 mi (319 km) E of Atka December 5 at 01:12 UTC (04:12 pm AST), MS 5.5, 52 N 23Õ, 169 W 33Õ, depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A moderate earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about 48 mi ( 77 km) SW of Nikolski 104 mi (167 km) E of Amukta Pass 163 mi (262 km) SW of Unalaska 164 mi (264 km) SW of Dutch Harbor 198 mi (318 km) E of Atka December 5 at 10:53 UTC (01:53 am AST), mb 4.7, 50 N 34Õ, 177 W 28Õ, depth fixed at 33 km (21 mi): A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Andreanof Islands region of Alaska about 98 mi (157 km) SSW of Adak 168 mi (271 km) ESE of Amchitka 181 mi (291 km) SW of Atka 267 mi (429 km) WSW of Amukta Pass 311 mi (501 km) ESE of Buldir Is December 6 at 18:30 UTC (09:30 am AST), ML 3.9, 56 N 52Õ, 154 W 33Õ, depth = 27 km (17 mi): A minor earthquake was located in the Kodiak Island region of Alaska about 48 mi ( 78 km) S of Karluk 51 mi ( 82 km) SSW of Larsen Bay 52 mi ( 84 km) WSW of Old Harbor 93 mi (150 km) SW of Port Lions 102 mi (164 km) SW of Kodiak _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 11 30 2 11 0.41 52 37.20N 176 28.14W 175.3D 4.7mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 98 11 30 2 30 43.56 60 9.04N 152 28.35W 81.1 2.5 0.22 1.00 1.80 78 33 14 28 A E COOK INLET. 98 11 30 3 20 55.50 54 4.98N 164 1.60W 25.0 3.6 0.18 2.02 99.00 223 17 9 57 D E UNIMAK IS. 98 11 30 7 45 30.49 59 27.05N 153 12.25W 0.0 1.8 0.16 0.71 0.58 119 20 13 13 A E COOK INLET. 98 11 30 12 24 47.72 61 33.60N 146 28.33W 28.8 2.3 0.31 0.89 3.85 70 16 9 30 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 11 30 12 50 51.18 62 45.15N 149 31.16W 69.3 2.1 0.16 1.24 2.80 97 15 8 26 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 11 30 13 18 57.30 61 31.58N 146 31.80W 32.9 1.4 0.27 1.33 2.57 67 16 14 33 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 11 30 16 42 47.51 64 29.44N 147 10.39W 16.6 2.7 0.22 1.18 1.01 131 15 7 14 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 11 30 18 33 50.18 65 42.40N 145 18.59W 11.3 3.2 0.64 4.59 1.32 156 14 8 23 B E N CENTRAL AK. 98 11 30 18 45 33.85 62 2.50N 148 7.30W 36.2 1.2 0.17 4.02 5.41 186 8 5 28 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 1 3 21 29.83 59 33.30N 152 50.55W 96.6 2.5 0.20 1.30 3.07 75 15 12 24 B E COOK INLET. 98 12 1 3 37 43.44 64 41.46N 149 26.86W 22.9 1.7 0.19 4.59 2.12 120 12 5 22 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 1 8 49 49.00 63 6.78N 151 24.16W 1.9 1.7 0.36 10.20 17.04 174 15 5 55 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 1 10 38 45.55 53 5.92N 164 20.26W 22.4 5.1 0.20 12.86 50.12 215 19 5 144 D E UNIMAK IS. 98 12 1 12 40 15.81 61 16.38N 149 50.58W 40.1 2.0 0.22 3.12 2.46 85 14 9 10 B E COOK INLET. 98 12 1 13 10 43.31 60 19.63N 150 56.07W 57.2 1.6 0.09 4.68 9.26 100 12 4 37 C E KENAI PEN. 98 12 1 14 12 52.19 59 37.20N 152 48.60W 97.7 2.5 0.12 3.53 5.98 87 11 6 24 C E COOK INLET. 98 12 1 14 55 22.53 61 50.83N 151 0.92W 66.3 2.0 0.14 4.15 11.64 92 14 5 64 D E COOK INLET. 98 12 1 17 26 48.37 60 43.82N 151 7.93W 49.9 2.2 0.14 2.31 8.57 99 13 3 6 C E KENAI PEN. 98 12 1 20 43 56.54 64 29.80N 147 10.97W 11.7 2.5 0.17 1.48 3.03 97 15 5 15 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 1 21 17 6.56 60 49.17N 146 41.93W 15.1 3.0 0.31 0.91 1.42 57 16 7 12 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 2 2 58 54.65 58 18.85N 154 18.72W 80.5 2.1 0.15 15.93 10.13 171 13 4 24 D E ALASKA PEN. 98 12 2 6 42 20.12 60 38.70N 150 39.71W 44.7 1.8 0.22 3.17 4.11 66 13 7 28 B E KENAI PEN. 98 12 2 7 36 15.60 61 55.34N 151 0.77W 64.4 1.9 0.30 5.28 9.38 66 11 5 28 C E COOK INLET. 98 12 2 8 49 39.37 63 20.50N 151 25.83W 12.7 2.7 0.16 3.54 3.35 109 16 5 35 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 2 10 48 40.79 61 52.65N 148 5.72W 33.5 2.2 0.26 1.26 1.93 60 19 9 15 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 2 13 34 51.15 61 2.97N 146 36.03W 17.0 1.3 0.22 1.43 2.15 64 14 5 1 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 2 20 32 43.79 62 45.34N 149 0.91W 63.7 2.7 0.08 2.80 4.62 78 17 3 40 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 2 20 54 43.33 64 24.34N 147 57.47W 11.6 1.5 0.15 1.36 2.17 67 14 3 10 A E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 2 22 42 4.44 60 7.21N 150 24.66W 31.2 1.8 0.16 2.17 4.23 122 14 6 48 B E KENAI PEN. 98 12 3 0 31 51.48 62 15.15N 150 57.35W 68.3 2.0 0.19 5.09 5.99 72 15 7 39 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 3 1 20 14.84 61 25.94N 146 31.96W 17.9 1.0 0.23 4.48 9.56 61 13 4 33 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 3 6 16 53.63 60 35.66N 147 40.09W 10.5 0.9 0.21 4.74 10.22 81 8 3 45 D E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 3 7 34 54.24 61 34.15N 147 42.40W 25.0 1.1 0.21 3.50 6.76 85 14 5 36 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 3 7 41 41.42 64 51.30N 148 59.33W 0.1 0.9 0.45 5.60 99.00 116 10 4 31 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 3 8 41 19.71 61 20.92N 147 2.98W 24.3 0.9 0.06 3.30 6.86 90 11 6 41 C E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 3 14 26 56.97 52 35.40N 177 58.44W 33.0N 3.9mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 98 12 3 15 45 39.93 57 24.08N 154 46.04W 31.0 3.3 0.17 4.34 5.55 185 15 5 79 C E KODIAK IS REG. 98 12 3 16 30 8.77 60 8.97N 151 54.21W 55.7 1.6 0.17 6.12 11.46 82 13 3 36 D E KENAI PEN. 98 12 3 18 50 19.97 60 49.74N 146 44.53W 16.9 1.4 0.11 1.99 3.72 71 14 4 14 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 3 19 19 5.35 65 3.01N 145 53.96W 11.9 2.3 0.11 4.45 4.82 131 13 3 55 B E N CENTRAL AK. 98 12 3 20 41 50.75 60 49.52N 146 44.31W 19.0 1.9 0.12 1.17 1.50 71 15 9 13 A E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 3 20 55 51.07 61 45.53N 151 44.91W 94.2 1.9 0.14 8.08 10.50 70 18 4 27 D E COOK INLET. 98 12 3 21 51 11.80 50 42.48N 174 46.44E 33.0N 4.6mb R ALEUTIAN ISLS. MS 4.6 (NEIS). 98 12 4 3 33 45.93 59 55.36N 153 14.11W 72.2 1.7 0.26 2.29 4.59 69 10 3 13 B E COOK INLET. 98 12 4 4 41 9.74 61 0.60N 146 35.65W 8.3 2.0 0.36 2.46 3.30 42 16 5 5 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 4 5 10 42.99 60 59.31N 147 43.73W 25.4 1.6 0.11 1.04 2.89 60 15 4 22 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 4 13 25 9.07 61 40.19N 149 34.63W 33.4 1.0 0.16 6.83 8.76 95 11 4 16 C E COOK INLET. 98 12 4 15 55 40.13 58 11.12N 155 16.66W 0.0 0.8 0.09 3.69 52.58 175 4 4 4 D a ALASKA PEN. 98 12 4 19 23 41.62 60 11.34N 147 11.83W 25.2 1.4 0.14 15.55 45.15 187 8 5 40 D 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 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 98 12 4 21 49 25.10 52 12.78N 169 32.10W 44.5* 4.9mb R FOX ISLS. MS 4.7 (NEIS). 98 12 5 1 12 47.04 52 22.98N 169 33.30W 33.0N 5.5Ms R FOX ISLS. 98 12 5 3 51 13.47 62 29.02N 148 7.61W 9.5 2.3 0.19 1.72 8.97 84 9 4 76 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 5 6 17 36.10 54 28.29N 162 2.82W 30.4 2.6 0.22 9.81 15.31 216 17 8 57 D E ALASKA PEN. 98 12 5 9 53 34.75 61 39.56N 147 38.77W 28.0 2.1 0.13 1.18 3.18 130 10 6 26 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 5 10 3 16.74 54 5.80N 164 5.27W 23.8 3.1 0.08 6.17 9.18 236 17 5 53 C E UNIMAK IS. 98 12 5 10 53 30.27 50 33.54N 177 27.90W 33.0N 4.7mb R ANDREANOF ISLS. 98 12 5 11 17 44.30 60 2.97N 153 4.80W 0.0 0.7 0.08 15.42 72.42 217 4 3 2 D a COOK INLET. 98 12 5 11 25 18.00 54 0.08N 170 20.97W 0.0 2.8 0.55 99.26 68.09 350 9 3 224 D E FOX ISLS. 98 12 5 12 14 0.77 61 24.85N 146 45.54W 29.0 1.2 0.08 1.70 13.22 60 14 5 39 D E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 5 20 11 33.90 60 21.69N 151 51.59W 63.9 2.4 0.23 4.64 14.73 57 11 3 38 D E KENAI PEN. 98 12 5 21 28 12.53 61 52.52N 147 37.04W 31.3 1.5 0.16 3.26 2.08 71 17 5 16 B E PR WILLIAM SOUND. 98 12 6 1 15 1.19 63 4.57N 150 54.84W 121.3 3.1 0.21 1.99 15.72 93 16 7 168 D E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 6 9 18 35.12 61 49.97N 150 46.65W 57.2 1.6 0.34 5.44 14.72 103 16 4 52 D E COOK INLET. 98 12 6 11 32 23.25 60 59.29N 150 40.67W 60.7 2.2 0.39 5.78 8.95 74 10 7 13 C E KENAI PEN. 98 12 6 13 5 44.02 59 51.99N 152 51.24W 97.0 2.1 0.45 7.55 8.85 57 12 4 16 C E COOK INLET. 98 12 6 17 45 58.29 63 15.88N 151 19.65W 4.3 2.2 0.16 4.29 7.26 105 10 4 38 C E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 6 18 30 14.71 56 52.43N 154 32.55W 27.2 3.9 0.14 16.00 49.12 222 17 3 139 D E KODIAK IS REG. 98 12 6 19 49 21.54 64 40.02N 148 3.96W 11.1 1.6 0.17 1.71 3.90 58 15 5 13 B E CENTRAL AK. 98 12 6 22 1 53.98 58 46.74N 154 5.71W 83.4 1.6 0.29 23.61 13.27 164 14 3 31 D E ALASKA PEN.