M4.9 earthquake 67 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 67 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 11, 1986, 10:32 AM HADT (19:32 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-11 19:32:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.267° N, 176.567° 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 1.9 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.287 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.891 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.795 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.888 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.984 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.882 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.880 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.677 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.886 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.795 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.668 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.573 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.989 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.892 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.386 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14725 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.7107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14722 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.379 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.577 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14715 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 6.557 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.589 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.271 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.576 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.4125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 78.
Before
- 4.523 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.885 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.099 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4110 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0111 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.097 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.889 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.493 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.158 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.587 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.559 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.876 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.489 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
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