M5.3 earthquake 44 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jan 5, 1978, 8:08 PM GMT-11 (07:08 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-06 07:08:43 UTC
- Depth
- 63.0 km (39.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.775° N, 176.010° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 155
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.947 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 17788 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.156 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 17744 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.758 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 17732 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.166 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 17808 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.065 km S of Adak, Alaska · 17809 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.661 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 17809 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.176 km S of Adak, Alaska · 17809 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.281 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 17809 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.368 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 17811 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000scp (also filed as iscgem687307). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.