M4.7 earthquake 70 km S of Atka, Alaska

Magnitude

4.7 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, May 14, 1986, 5:58 AM HADT

UTC

1986-05-14 14:58:25 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

51.565° N, 174.250° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

After

1. 4.993 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 14, 6:30 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
2. 6.437 km WNW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 9:38 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
3. 5.198 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 9:42 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
4. 4.726 km W of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 10:01 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
5. 4.436 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 10:06 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
6. 4.338 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 10:08 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
7. 3.845 km WNW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 10:10 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
8. 4.833 km W of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 10:11 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
9. 4.042 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:12 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
10. 4.219 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:13 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
11. 4.122 km WNW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:18 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
12. 5.325 km WNW of Atka, AlaskaWed, May 14, 11:18 PM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
13. 5.622 km W of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 15, 12:34 AM HADT · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
14. 3.822 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 15, 3:47 AM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
15. 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 15, 7:09 AM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
16. 4.098 km SW of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 15, 10:10 PM HADT · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
17. 4.3114 km SE of Adak, AlaskaFri, May 16, 3:20 AM HADT · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
18. 5.082 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 16, 6:59 AM HADT · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
19. 4.6101 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 16, 8:31 AM HADT · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
20. 4.889 km SW of Atka, AlaskaFri, May 16, 1:12 PM HADT · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
21. 4.5133 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSat, May 17, 4:11 AM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
22. 6.525 km NW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 17, 7:20 AM HADT · 14747 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
23. 4.922 km W of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 17, 7:31 AM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
24. 4.4106 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 17, 9:15 PM HADT · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
25. 5.192 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 5:22 AM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
26. 4.984 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 6:26 AM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
27. 4.774 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 10:14 AM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
28. 4.657 km W of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 1:19 PM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
29. 5.451 km W of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 5:37 PM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
30. 5.048 km W of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 6:19 PM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
31. 4.8106 km SE of Adak, AlaskaSun, May 18, 8:49 PM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
32. 4.021 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 18, 9:52 PM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
33. 3.851 km W of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 19, 2:35 AM HADT · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
34. 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 19, 11:52 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
35. 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 19, 5:01 PM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
36. 4.389 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 20, 1:12 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
37. 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaTue, May 20, 1:53 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
38. 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 20, 2:49 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
39. 4.6113 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 20, 2:50 AM HADT · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
40. 4.898 km SE of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 21, 8:30 AM HADT · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
41. 4.885 km E of Adak, AlaskaWed, May 21, 1:12 PM HADT · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
42. 4.573 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 22, 2:48 AM HADT · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
43. 4.655 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 24, 9:40 AM HADT · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
44. 5.091 km SW of Atka, AlaskaSat, May 24, 3:33 PM HADT · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
45. 4.896 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 25, 2:32 PM HADT · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
46. 4.752 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 26, 2:00 PM HADT · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
47. 4.962 km S of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 27, 5:16 AM HADT · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
48. 4.992 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 29, 10:18 AM HADT · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
49. 4.8113 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, May 29, 3:52 PM HADT · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
50. 4.594 km SE of Atka, AlaskaThu, May 29, 6:59 PM HADT · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
51. 4.575 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 1, 3:42 PM HADT · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
52. 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, Jun 1, 5:35 PM HADT · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
53. 5.299 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jun 3, 2:05 PM HADT · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
54. 5.493 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jun 3, 2:05 PM HADT · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
55. 5.038 km SW of Atka, AlaskaTue, Jun 3, 2:41 PM HADT · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
56. 4.988 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaWed, Jun 4, 10:25 AM HADT · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
57. 4.5123 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 5:22 AM HADT · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
58. 4.765 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 6:24 AM HADT · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
59. 5.1106 km SE of Adak, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 8:32 AM HADT · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
60. 5.377 km S of Atka, AlaskaThu, Jun 5, 11:27 AM HADT · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

1. 4.887 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 13, 10:59 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
2. 4.8106 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 13, 7:49 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
3. 5.090 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 13, 6:54 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
4. 5.488 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 13, 4:58 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
5. 4.889 km SE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 13, 4:56 PM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
6. 4.886 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaTue, May 13, 5:14 AM HADT · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
7. 4.785 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 12, 8:56 PM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
8. 4.380 km SW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 12, 6:33 PM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
9. 5.0107 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 12, 11:23 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
10. 4.7106 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaMon, May 12, 8:06 AM HADT · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
11. 4.795 km ESE of Adak, AlaskaMon, May 12, 2:37 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
12. 4.940 km WSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 7:07 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
13. 5.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSun, May 11, 6:47 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
14. 4.589 km SE of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 2:22 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
15. 5.781 km SSW of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 1:48 PM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
16. 4.885 km SE of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 11:10 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
17. 4.872 km S of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 11:02 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
18. 5.779 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 10:40 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
19. 5.383 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 4:43 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
20. 5.383 km SSE of Atka, AlaskaSun, May 11, 4:40 AM HADT · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002u08. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:45 PM UTC.