ssued:		February 1, 1999		Prepared by: Lalitha Rao			No. 05 - 99

The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period January 25 - 31, 1999

 

January 28 at 08:10 UTC ( January 27, 11:10 pm AST), ML 6.4, 52 N 54', 169 W  4', depth = 74 
km (46 mi):                                                                                                             

	A strong earthquake, felt strongly in Nikolski and produce some damage, was located in the Fox 
Islands region of Alaska about

	  9 mi ( 15 km) WSW of Nikolski

	125 mi (201 km) WSW of Unalaska

	126 mi (203 km) WSW of Dutch Harbor

	129 mi (208 km) ENE of Amukta Pass

	161 mi (259 km) WSW of Akutan

 

January 30 at 09:45 UTC (12:45 am AST), mb 4.3, 52 N 56', 170 W 22', depth = 100 km (62 
mi):                                                                                                            

	A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the Fox Islands region of Alaska about

	 63 mi (101 km)   W of Nikolski

	 80 mi (128 km) ENE of Amukta Pass

	169 mi (273 km) ENE of Atka

	172 mi (276 km) WSW of Unalaska

	173 mi (278 km) WSW of Dutch Harbor

 

January 30 at 17:04 UTC (08:04 am AST), ML 3.6, 61 N 45', 150 W 26', depth = 38 km (24 
mi):                                                                                                             

	A minor earthquake was located in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska about

	 13 mi ( 21 km)   W of Willow

	 28 mi ( 46 km) ESE of Skwentna

	 35 mi ( 56 km) WNW of Wasilla

	 37 mi ( 59 km)   W of Hatcher Pass

	 40 mi ( 65 km)  NW of Chugiak

 
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