M4.4 earthquake 106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 106 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, May 17, 1986, 9:15 PM HADT (06:15 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.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-18 06:15:00 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.398° N, 175.058° 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: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 184 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.192 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.984 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.774 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.077 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.657 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.451 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.048 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.8106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.021 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14749 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.851 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.9110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14748 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.668 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14747 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14746 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.573 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.989 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14745 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.689 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.655 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.892 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14743 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.763 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14742 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.8186 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14741 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.962 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14740 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.881 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14739 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.8113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14738 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.386 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.299 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.493 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.038 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14733 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.988 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.765 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.377 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.461 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.871 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.379 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.577 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14726 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14722 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.980 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.589 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14718 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 4.677 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.922 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14750 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.880 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.7Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.889 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.6101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.082 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3114 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14751 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.098 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.822 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14752 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.622 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.042 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.833 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.338 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.436 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.726 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.198 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14753 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
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