M4.6 earthquake 104 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 104 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sat, May 10, 1986, 5:49 PM HADT (02:49 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-11 02:49:23 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.347° N, 175.379° 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 1.6 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 140 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.481 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.523 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.967 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.872 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.781 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.287 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.940 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.891 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.795 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.888 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.0107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.785 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.984 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.770 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.882 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.198 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.436 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.338 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.098 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.082 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.880 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.677 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.984 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.851 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.886 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.795 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.668 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of 126.
Before
- 4.178 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.777 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.056 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.885 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.168 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.099 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.882 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4110 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.0111 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.097 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.883 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.981 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.493 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
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