M4.8 earthquake 91 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 91 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, May 11, 1986, 11:10 PM HADT (08:10 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 90 km SSE 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-12 08:10:15 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.142° N, 176.037° 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 1.8 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.750 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.795 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.888 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.785 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.984 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.882 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.198 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.098 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.082 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.880 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.677 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.984 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.886 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.795 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.668 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.573 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.989 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.892 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.386 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14723 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14723 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.299 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.493 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 4.489 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.287 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.967 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.523 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.481 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.6104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.178 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.885 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.970 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.7116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.878 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.383 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.099 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.4110 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.0111 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.097 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
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