Issued: December 31, 2000 Prepared by: No: 33 - 100 The following is a list of significant earthquakes during the time period: August 21 to August 27, 2000: August 23 at 06:19:10.970 UTC (August 22, 22:19:10.970 AKDT), mb 4.5, 52.96N 170.90W, depth=33.0 km: A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 97 miles (156 km) W of Attu 135 miles (218 km) W of Shemya Is 215 miles (346 km) WNW of Buldir Is 238 miles (382 km) ESE of Bering Is, Komandorsky 356 miles (573 km) WNW of Amchitka 512 miles (824 km) E of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka August 23 at 05:14:03.490 UTC (August 22, 21:14:03.490 AKDT), mb 4.9, 51.12N -179.68W, depth=33.0 km: A light earthquake was located by NEIC in the ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS. region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 63 miles (102 km) ESE of Amchitka 140 miles (225 km) WSW of Adak 206 miles (331 km) ESE of Buldir Is 246 miles (396 km) WSW of Atka 286 miles (460 km) ESE of Shemya Is 326 miles (524 km) ESE of Attu August 26 at 09:02:51.750 UTC (August 26, 01:02:51.750 AKDT), mb 5.1, 53.29N -175.05W, depth=222.3 km: A moderate earthquake was located by NEIC in the ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS. region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 84 miles (135 km) NNW of Atka 119 miles (191 km) NE of Adak 143 miles (230 km) WNW of Amukta Pass 258 miles (415 km) W of Nikolski 279 miles (448 km) ENE of Amchitka 340 miles (547 km) SW of St. Paul August 26 at 22:44:40.763 UTC (August 26, 14:44:40.763 AKDT), Ml 4.2, 68.04N -152.87W, depth=30.0 km: A light earthquake was located in the ALASKA region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 30 miles ( 48 km) WSW of Anaktuvuk Pass 84 miles (136 km) NNW of Bettles 84 miles (136 km) WNW of Wiseman 89 miles (143 km) NW of Coldfoot 94 miles (151 km) WSW of Pump Station #4 94 miles (151 km) SSW of Umiat August 25 at 17:52:07.303 UTC (August 25, 09:52:07.303 AKDT), Ml 4.1, 59.88N -152.60W, depth=99.0 km: A light earthquake was located in the SOUTHERN ALASKA region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 28 miles ( 45 km) WNW of Anchor Point 34 miles ( 55 km) WSW of Ninilchik 41 miles ( 65 km) WNW of Homer 44 miles ( 70 km) NNW of English Bay 44 miles ( 70 km) NNW of Nanwalek 44 miles ( 71 km) NW of Seldovia August 27 at 23:35:43.811 UTC (August 27, 15:35:43.811 AKDT), Ml 3.8, 57.73N -155.09W, depth=53.4 km: A minor earthquake was located in the ALASKA PENINSULA region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 26 miles ( 42 km) WNW of Karluk 43 miles ( 70 km) WNW of Larsen Bay 64 miles (104 km) NNW of Akhiok 76 miles (122 km) WNW of Old Harbor 82 miles (132 km) W of Port Lions 87 miles (140 km) SE of King Salmon August 25 at 08:24:28.235 UTC (August 25, 00:24:28.235 AKDT), Ml 3.6, 55.83N -161.04W, depth=198.3 km: A minor earthquake was located in the ALASKA PENINSULA region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 13 miles ( 21 km) SSE of Nelson Lagoon 40 miles ( 65 km) NNW of Sand Point 73 miles (118 km) NE of King Cove 74 miles (119 km) W of Perryville 80 miles (128 km) NE of Cold Bay 104 miles (167 km) WSW of Chignik Lagoon August 23 at 12:19:16.049 UTC (August 23, 04:19:16.049 AKDT), Ml 3.5, 61.44N -147.42W, depth=10.2 km: A minor earthquake was located in the SOUTHERN ALASKA region of Alaska. This earthquake was: 42 miles ( 67 km) WNW of Valdez 47 miles ( 76 km) NNW of Tatitlek 52 miles ( 83 km) ESE of Sutton 57 miles ( 91 km) E of Palmer 60 miles ( 97 km) WNW of Thompson Pass 63 miles (101 km) NE of Whittier --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE LAT LON DEPTH MAG RMS SEH SEZ GAP PHASES MINDIST Q T REGION yyyy mo dy (jdy) hh:mn:sec DEG DEG km mb ML sec. km km deg P,S km --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 08 21 (234) 00:41:59.302 61.449 -152.043 12.1 1.3 0.63 1.94 0.25 191.0 22 21.13 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 00:44:31.944 61.949 -148.316 48.1 1.7 0.88 1.47 1.30 172.4 14 15.68 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 01:19:36.906 60.160 -153.182 106.3 1.6 0.73 1.23 1.08 194.6 18 11.34 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 01:23:13.140 61.059 -151.360 70.9 1.6 0.35 1.16 1.45 122.2 18 39.70 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 02:09:55.230 63.352 -145.311 -5.7 2.4 0.64 0.50 0.51 134.4 12 43.14 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 02:19:06.699 61.932 -147.934 27.6 2.1 0.90 0.59 0.11 47.0 44 25.02 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 02:56:21.183 62.667 -149.593 69.4 2.0 0.73 0.90 1.23 70.5 40 45.26 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 04:49:20.560 60.396 -143.020 -10.0 3.2 1.02 0.25 0.10 79.0 64 11.01 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 06:19:34.945 60.760 -150.494 22.1 1.9 0.75 0.71 0.56 63.3 29 26.46 A - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 09:25:58.814 61.172 -152.180 13.4 1.1 0.60 0.68 0.09 114.4 22 3.45 A a SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 09:45:54.419 60.651 -151.280 63.1 1.6 0.34 2.34 2.29 243.5 18 10.56 B - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 12:22:09.136 58.163 -155.310 -4.0 1.4 0.46 0.13 0.26 67.7 19 5.34 A - ALASKA PENINSULA 2000 08 21 (234) 12:22:54.621 59.014 -154.366 93.3 2.3 1.05 0.57 0.85 161.4 31 54.82 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 12:58:02.307 60.854 -147.113 27.2 0.9 0.80 0.55 0.27 88.3 27 3.00 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 15:58:30.386 59.894 -151.492 67.2 2.2 0.68 0.28 0.48 53.2 46 20.13 A - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 20:10:38.868 61.166 -149.897 65.7 1.4 1.51 2.30 0.84 148.8 17 20.02 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 21:18:45.110 58.185 -155.368 7.4 1.2 0.63 0.13 0.18 62.0 22 3.78 A - ALASKA PENINSULA 2000 08 21 (234) 21:23:52.280 60.397 -152.428 98.8 2.1 0.54 0.91 0.73 65.7 52 19.35 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 22:50:08.367 62.408 -151.012 64.4 2.5 0.71 0.52 0.53 57.8 56 38.25 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 21 (234) 23:09:38.455 59.061 -153.281 69.5 2.5 1.07 0.44 0.16 151.7 71 31.58 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 02:04:03.713 60.496 -147.748 6.8 1.4 0.68 1.32 1.59 88.0 24 51.04 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 03:13:23.947 61.311 -150.973 86.0 1.6 0.60 9.18 12.25 163.1 12 74.06 D - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 04:28:29.388 60.726 -150.364 43.5 1.3 0.85 1.83 2.94 96.8 17 25.02 C - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 09:02:43.374 60.836 -151.228 67.3 2.7 0.82 0.70 0.76 61.2 46 10.34 A - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 09:41:05.560 63.229 -149.456 88.6 2.2 0.67 1.97 1.74 115.7 24 29.36 B - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 13:24:48.794 60.967 -146.935 21.3 1.5 0.78 1.02 0.91 56.2 27 13.01 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 16:58:10.511 60.981 -146.897 24.8 1.2 0.51 2.61 1.08 93.5 19 18.12 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 17:31:02.142 58.931 -136.241 10.0G 2.9 0.76 3.16 0.00 125.7 10 197.04 C - SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 21:15:23.068 60.462 -152.143 88.5 2.0 0.93 5.02 10.10 104.4 10 36.14 D - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 23:00:16.456 60.971 -147.292 21.1 1.0 0.42 0.71 0.69 88.2 20 14.79 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 22 (235) 23:23:34.694 62.798 -150.791 98.4 2.9 0.66 1.11 1.26 74.2 27 51.15 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 23 (236) 05:07:40.115 61.211 -146.490 32.0 0.4 0.26 3.12 2.11 267.6 6 12.12 C - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 23 (236) 05:14:03.490 51.125 -179.682 33.0 4.9 R ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS. 2000 08 23 (236) 06:19:10.970 52.956 170.902 33.0 4.5 R NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 2000 08 23 (236) 06:31:43.822 60.253 -152.521 102.2 2.1 0.75 1.03 0.78 62.7 40 26.58 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 23 (236) 12:19:16.049 61.438 -147.419 10.2 3.5 1.90 0.07 0.16 28.2 93 44.26 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 23 (236) 13:19:24.800 63.543 -149.769 88.0 2.5 1.64 0.47 0.20 66.5 55 46.26 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 23 (236) 18:32:33.410 62.892 -150.695 108.8 2.4 0.62 0.15 0.20 147.7 38 54.37 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 23 (236) 22:26:03.220 62.641 -150.306 135.6 1.5 1.23 21.96 14.57 337.2 8 120.20 D - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 03:26:34.144 54.400 -162.384 73.1 0.0 0.83 5.63 2.94 212.8 31 63.38 D - ALASKA PENINSULA 2000 08 24 (237) 05:16:56.997 63.563 -150.748 14.0 2.7 0.81 4.02 2.21 76.6 13 85.62 C - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 05:39:43.608 60.803 -151.377 54.1 1.7 0.81 1.30 1.47 90.1 16 10.12 B - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 06:26:30.729 61.380 -146.724 32.2 1.3 0.55 1.22 1.98 105.3 19 34.47 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 11:06:38.067 60.475 -142.911 10.0G 1.9 0.93 0.65 0.00 85.5 22 33.14 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 12:34:43.733 62.086 -151.050 73.8 2.0 0.66 1.32 1.81 86.8 20 53.82 B - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 14:14:31.320 60.168 -151.182 66.4 1.9 0.31 1.66 1.94 82.7 14 47.81 B - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 17:45:21.791 61.413 -146.481 18.3 2.8 0.47 0.43 0.80 55.2 32 31.13 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 18:25:19.509 61.216 -151.964 11.3 0.0 0.20 0.71 0.63 244.2 13 6.12 A a SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 18:36:56.790 61.710 -151.740 96.6 2.8 0.84 0.88 1.46 49.1 38 61.82 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 24 (237) 23:54:26.341 61.063 -151.709 69.5 2.3 0.78 2.18 1.99 90.7 15 22.79 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 04:19:01.098 61.448 -147.433 12.0 1.5 1.02 0.46 0.99 50.5 36 43.14 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 05:15:39.812 58.284 -154.980 2.8 1.0 0.20 0.16 0.61 134.5 18 8.01 A a ALASKA PENINSULA 2000 08 25 (238) 08:09:35.601 62.248 -149.310 38.3 1.7 1.01 0.99 1.83 85.4 22 52.48 B - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 08:24:28.235 55.834 -161.038 198.3 3.6 1.09 1.95 0.62 120.0 54 63.71 B - ALASKA PENINSULA 2000 08 25 (238) 11:04:39.768 59.897 -152.459 72.1 1.7 0.73 0.72 0.98 57.9 37 33.80 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 13:19:41.490 61.866 -147.210 1.5 3.4 1.27 0.29 0.07 48.2 86 59.27 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 14:02:21.629 61.175 -151.293 96.3 1.5 0.57 1.26 1.37 81.7 26 40.81 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 17:41:39.867 60.943 -151.047 14.6 2.3 0.82 0.14 0.12 61.3 48 24.57 A - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 17:52:07.303 59.884 -152.604 99.0 4.1 0.84 0.08 0.06 58.1 126 27.13 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 25 (238) 20:38:22.731 60.119 -152.452 76.7 1.5 0.69 1.74 1.88 90.3 18 28.47 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 00:57:42.678 63.196 -150.430 12.7 2.6 0.77 3.38 4.49 208.1 15 46.70 C - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 05:26:42.763 58.339 -156.034 12.1 1.7 0.46 1.96 0.35 241.8 22 12.01 B - ALASKA PENINSULA 2000 08 26 (239) 06:50:42.187 65.782 -149.917 6.3 1.9 0.62 8.92 6.38 208.1 8 91.85 D - ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 08:59:17.056 62.366 -149.394 5.0G 2.3 0.55 0.87 0.00 85.5 19 45.26 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 09:02:51.750 53.291 -175.054 222.3 5.1 R ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS. 2000 08 26 (239) 11:26:58.602 60.974 -152.204 4.8 1.1 0.70 2.73 1.24 83.7 10 25.13 C - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 11:37:33.610 63.843 -150.379 14.0 1.5 0.75 5.34 13.23 149.8 11 57.71 D - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 13:55:43.847 61.139 -150.427 1.6 1.8 0.65 2.20 1.03 113.1 19 34.03 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 14:36:24.865 61.020 -147.196 26.3 1.6 0.66 0.76 1.07 83.6 22 16.57 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 14:49:55.223 61.949 -149.295 60.9 2.3 1.20 12.42 7.07 225.9 7 40.59 D - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 26 (239) 22:44:40.763 68.036 -152.867 30.0G 4.2 1.37 22.76 0.00 267.4 15 231.40 D - ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 02:07:57.069 60.274 -152.307 101.6 2.1 0.23 1.34 1.48 95.6 24 30.25 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 04:01:42.214 60.055 -152.666 109.1 3.0 0.91 0.11 0.10 47.1 89 16.57 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 06:18:39.769 59.201 -151.718 58.5 2.3 0.61 1.15 0.92 153.8 39 45.26 A - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 08:08:39.382 64.715 -147.764 27.3 3.2 0.98 0.70 0.27 47.2 38 7.89 A - CENTRAL ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 14:25:24.720 61.430 -151.540 78.7 2.6 0.75 0.36 0.19 82.5 49 28.35 A - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 15:38:52.605 60.533 -146.968 28.5 2.4 1.32 3.32 0.59 212.8 19 29.69 C - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 15:47:36.225 61.103 -150.264 54.7 2.1 0.66 2.17 1.54 167.9 21 26.69 B - SOUTHERN ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 22:57:43.531 59.032 -149.945 10.2 3.0 0.96 1.39 1.77 158.5 55 91.62 B - KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA 2000 08 27 (240) 23:35:43.811 57.733 -155.087 53.4 3.8 0.82 0.42 0.17 145.3 66 37.81 A - ALASKA PENINSULA