M5.1 earthquake 82 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 82 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 7, 1986, 4:20 PM HADT (01:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 76 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-08 01:20:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.147° N, 176.900° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.276 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.177 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.186 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.580 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.493 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.993 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.071 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6104 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.8104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.080 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.276 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.882 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.691 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.383 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.292 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.275 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.692 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.495 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.878 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.887 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.882 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.696 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.288 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.683 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.863 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.675 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.890 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.587 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.493 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.097 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.0111 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.099 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.885 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.523 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.967 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.287 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.891 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.888 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 5.479 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.677 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.987 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.897 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.688 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.599 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.850 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.923 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
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