M4.8 earthquake 83 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 83 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jun 18, 1986, 5:46 AM HADT (14:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 79 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-18 14:46:21 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.184° N, 176.144° 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: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.271 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14716 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14716 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.576 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.7100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.4125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.887 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14712 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14711 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14711 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14705 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.558 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14705 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.475 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.236 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.093 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.291 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.761 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14700 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.569 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14697 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.527 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.026 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14685 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14683 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14682 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.983 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14682 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14681 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14680 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.876 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14679 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14679 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14679 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14679 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.497 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14678 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.844 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.588 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.986 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.354 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14671 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.795 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14671 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.784 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.987 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.780 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14664 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14659 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.589 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14716 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 6.557 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14716 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14717 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.577 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.379 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.7107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.386 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.8113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
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