M5.0 earthquake 111 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 111 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 9, 1986, 12:52 PM HADT (21:52 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 57 km S 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
- 1986-05-09 21:52:09 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.140° N, 175.530° 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: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4110 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.882 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.099 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.168 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.885 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.777 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.178 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.481 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.523 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.967 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.781 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.287 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.891 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.795 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.888 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.785 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.984 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.882 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.198 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.098 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.082 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.880 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.677 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.984 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 127.
Before
- 5.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.097 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.493 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.587 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.976 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.489 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.675 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.863 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.855 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
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