M4.0 earthquake 101 km SW of Atka, Alaska
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 101 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Sat, Jul 19, 1986, 4:42 AM HADT (13:42 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km SW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-19 13:42:55 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.499° N, 175.158° 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.631 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14674 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.879 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14673 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.257 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.983 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14672 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.993 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.876 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.683 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14670 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.793 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14669 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.497 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14668 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.844 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14667 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.588 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.785 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.883 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.986 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.492 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.889 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.986 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.354 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.571 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.076 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14662 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.795 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.087 km S of Atka, Alaska · 14661 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14654 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.888 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14649 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.237 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14645 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.364 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14642 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.488 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14631 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.888 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14677 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.527 km E of Adak, Alaska · 14685 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 14686 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.569 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14688 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.975 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 14691 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.063 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14691 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.484 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.291 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.093 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.236 km S of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.475 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.455 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14695 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.743 km W of Atka, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.446 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 14696 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.383 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14701 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6101 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.4109 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14702 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.2118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.665 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.887 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 14703 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
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