M4.5 earthquake 68 km S of Nikolski, Alaska
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 68 km S of Nikolski, Alaska on Fri, Jun 4, 1982, 2:38 AM GMT-9 (11:38 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 80 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-04 11:38:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.334° N, 168.711° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.780 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 16181 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.766 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 16181 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.284 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 16179 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4104 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 16178 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.479 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 16135 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.075 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 16135 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.976 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 16133 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.483 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 16127 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.690 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 16127 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.090 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 16127 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 4.676 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 16181 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.7104 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 16181 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.381 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 16182 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5122 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 16186 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.8101 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 16203 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mpf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC.