M4.5 earthquake 75 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 75 km SSW of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Jun 1, 1986, 3:42 PM HADT (00:42 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 99 km SSW 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-02 00:42:22 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.568° N, 174.610° 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: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 154 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4105 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14724 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.299 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14722 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.493 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14722 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.038 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14722 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.988 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.5123 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.765 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.377 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.461 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14718 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.871 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14717 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.577 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14715 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14715 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14711 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14710 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14708 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.980 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 14707 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.271 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14707 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.576 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.7100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14704 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.4125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.887 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.6101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.446 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14692 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14691 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14686 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.888 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14678 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.631 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14675 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14674 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14671 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.588 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.386 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14725 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.8113 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.992 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14727 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.962 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.281 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14729 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3170 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.752 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14730 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.896 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14731 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.091 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.655 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14732 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.5104 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.573 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.885 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.898 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14735 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.875 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.6113 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0110 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9112 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.389 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14736 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0109 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
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