M4.8 earthquake 289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jun 5, 1987, 1:32 PM GMT+12 (01:32 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-06-05 01:32:57 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.159° N, 179.350° E
- 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 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14353 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.7278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14322 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 5.0226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14380 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8236 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9243 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8246 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.1249 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9245 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5298 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.2239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.3262 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 6.8235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 14385 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00035hj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.