M4.8 earthquake 40 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 40 km SSE of Atka, Alaska on Sat, May 10, 1986, 10:49 AM HADT (19:49 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.5 25 km NW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-10 19:49:07 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.846° N, 174.059° 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: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.056 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.777 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.178 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.474 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.481 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.383 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.383 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.779 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.872 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.885 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.781 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.589 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.940 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.7106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.0107 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.785 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.886 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.889 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.488 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.090 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8106 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.887 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.770 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.437 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.198 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.726 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.436 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.338 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.845 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.833 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.122 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.325 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.622 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.098 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.082 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 6.525 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.922 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.984 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.657 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.451 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.048 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.021 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.851 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14744 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 93.
Before
- 4.570 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7116 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.168 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.882 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4110 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.883 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.981 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14754 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.981 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.726 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.976 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.795 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.369 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.588 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.141 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.855 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.492 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14755 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
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