M5.0 earthquake 71 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, May 7, 1986, 5:59 PM HADT (02:59 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 114 km ESE 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-08 02:59:39 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.432° N, 175.884° 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 2.0 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6104 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.883 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.8104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.080 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.1114 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.276 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.882 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.691 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.383 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.081 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0116 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.996 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 6.4106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.292 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.8105 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.164 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.8104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.275 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.8110 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7134 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3115 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.069 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.863 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.692 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.061 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.593 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.8100 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.990 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.495 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.878 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0100 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.788 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.191 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.887 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.799 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.7112 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.994 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.882 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.696 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.288 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.993 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.898 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.7101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.683 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.855 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.863 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.675 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.890 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.489 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.976 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 4.471 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.993 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.1104 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.493 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.894 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
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