M5.0 earthquake 97 km SSE of Adak, Alaska

Magnitude

5.0 (mb), moderate

Local time

Fri, May 9, 1986, 11:32 AM HADT

UTC

1986-05-09 20:32:08 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

51.035° N, 176.236° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

After

1. 5.276 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 11:42 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
2. 5.0111 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 12:52 PM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
3. 4.4110 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 3:48 PM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
4. 4.099 km S of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 7:03 PM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
5. 4.383 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 10:26 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
6. 4.878 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 10, 12:12 AM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
7. 4.970 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 10, 6:01 AM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
8. 4.885 km S of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 10, 9:00 AM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
9. 4.6104 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 10, 5:49 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
10. 5.387 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 11, 1:46 AM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
11. 4.523 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 11, 5:35 AM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
12. 4.967 km S of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 11, 10:32 AM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
13. 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSun, May 11, 3:22 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
14. 4.287 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 11, 6:26 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
15. 4.489 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 11, 8:14 PM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
16. 4.891 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 11, 11:10 PM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
17. 4.750 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 12, 12:29 AM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
18. 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, May 12, 1:48 AM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
19. 4.795 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 12, 2:37 AM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
20. 3.888 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 12, 5:18 AM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
21. 4.990 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 13, 8:15 AM HADT · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
22. 4.873 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 13, 6:28 PM HADT · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
23. 4.984 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 14, 4:28 AM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
24. 4.783 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:19 AM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
25. 4.882 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 14, 1:58 PM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
26. 4.993 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 14, 6:30 PM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
27. 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 15, 7:09 AM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
28. 4.098 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 15, 10:10 PM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
29. 4.3114 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 16, 3:20 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
30. 4.6101 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 16, 8:31 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
31. 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaFri, May 16, 11:00 PM HADT · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
32. 3.880 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 16, 11:26 PM HADT · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
33. 4.5133 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 17, 4:11 AM HADT · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
34. 4.677 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 17, 1:16 PM HADT · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
35. 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 17, 9:15 PM HADT · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
36. 4.555 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 17, 11:01 PM HADT · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
37. 4.077 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 18, 11:24 AM HADT · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
38. 4.8106 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 18, 8:49 PM HADT · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
39. 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 19, 5:01 PM HADT · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
40. 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 1:53 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
41. 4.898 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 2:08 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
42. 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 20, 2:49 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
43. 4.6113 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 20, 2:50 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
44. 4.886 km S of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 4:48 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
45. 4.795 km S of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 5:40 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
46. 3.875 km SE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 9:10 AM HADT · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
47. 4.668 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 10:05 PM HADT · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
48. 4.898 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 21, 8:30 AM HADT · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
49. 4.573 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 22, 2:48 AM HADT · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
50. 4.5104 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 22, 7:24 AM HADT · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
51. 4.989 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 22, 10:19 PM HADT · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
52. 4.689 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 24, 7:44 AM HADT · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
53. 5.091 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 24, 3:33 PM HADT · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
54. 4.892 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 24, 10:16 PM HADT · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
55. 4.763 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 25, 10:23 AM HADT · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
56. 4.281 km SE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 27, 12:36 AM HADT · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
57. 4.881 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 28, 4:20 AM HADT · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
58. 4.992 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 29, 10:18 AM HADT · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
59. 4.8113 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 29, 3:52 PM HADT · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
60. 4.386 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 31, 12:53 PM HADT · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

1. 4.889 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 6:25 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
2. 4.493 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 5:39 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
3. 5.158 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 4:54 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
4. 4.883 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 4:23 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
5. 4.587 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 3:48 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
6. 4.559 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 2:25 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
7. 4.876 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 9, 12:41 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
8. 4.489 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 9:49 PM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
9. 4.890 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 5:25 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
10. 5.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThu, May 8, 4:08 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
11. 5.675 km SSW of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 4:05 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
12. 4.863 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 2:58 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
13. 4.492 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 8, 1:45 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
14. 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThu, May 8, 1:36 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
15. 4.683 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 12:40 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
16. 4.7101 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 8, 10:19 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
17. 4.898 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 8, 9:43 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
18. 4.993 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 7:05 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
19. 5.288 km SSE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 6:47 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
20. 4.696 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 8, 6:31 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002tu3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC.