M5.0 earthquake 63 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 63 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jul 3, 1986, 8:33 AM HADT (17:33 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 27 km E 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-03 17:33:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.502° N, 175.938° 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 2.0 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14691 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.569 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14688 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14686 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.527 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14685 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.026 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14685 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.888 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14677 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14673 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.983 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.952 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14671 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14671 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.876 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14669 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.497 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14668 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.844 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.588 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.986 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.354 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.795 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.784 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.987 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14660 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.780 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14660 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14654 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14649 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.237 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14645 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.364 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14643 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.761 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14694 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.291 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.093 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.236 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.475 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.558 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.853 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.263 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.887 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.4125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.7100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
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