M4.2 earthquake 71 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jun 18, 1986, 9:28 AM HADT (18:28 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-18 18:28:40 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.390° N, 175.950° 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.536 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.576 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14710 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14710 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.4125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.887 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.558 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.475 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.236 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.093 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.291 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.761 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14700 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14698 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14697 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.569 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14694 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14692 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.527 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14692 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.026 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14692 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.888 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14684 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14682 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14679 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14678 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.983 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14678 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14677 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14677 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.876 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14675 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.497 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14674 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.844 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14673 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.588 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14673 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14669 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.986 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14669 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.354 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14669 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14668 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.795 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14668 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.784 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.987 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.780 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14656 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.589 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 6.557 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14714 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14715 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14716 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.577 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.379 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.871 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14723 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.461 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14725 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.988 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.493 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.299 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.247 km ENE of Adak, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002v60. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC.