M4.6 earthquake 65 km WSW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jun 21, 1986, 9:03 PM HADT (06:03 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 46 km WNW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-06-22 06:03:37 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.077° N, 175.135° 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 1.6 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.446 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14691 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14691 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.569 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14688 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14686 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.527 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14685 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.888 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14677 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14675 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.631 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14674 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14673 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.844 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.588 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.492 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.889 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.986 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.571 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.795 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.087 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14654 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14649 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.237 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14645 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.887 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.4125 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7100 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.576 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.271 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14706 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14707 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.493 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14709 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.397 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14710 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.478 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 14713 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.682 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14714 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.871 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14717 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.885 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14717 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.461 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14718 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.377 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1106 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.765 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14719 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.988 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.038 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.493 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.299 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14721 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
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