M4.3 earthquake 114 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 114 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, May 16, 1986, 3:20 AM HADT (12:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 82 km WSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-16 12:20:56 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.277° N, 175.286° 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 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.082 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.880 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.677 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.984 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.851 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.898 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.886 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.795 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.668 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.573 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.989 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.655 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.892 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.8186 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.962 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.8113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.386 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14723 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14723 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14723 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.299 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.493 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.038 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.988 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.765 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.377 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.461 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14718 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14717 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.871 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14717 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.379 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14715 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 4.098 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.338 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.436 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.198 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.993 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.882 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.783 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.770 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.984 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.873 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.990 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.785 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.0107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.888 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.795 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
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