M4.8 earthquake 284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 284 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Dec 19, 1995, 12:58 PM GMT+12 (00:58 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 204 km WSW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-12-19 00:58:02 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.181° N, 179.418° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5287 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11243 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2275 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11243 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.7272 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11234 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11219 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0237 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11216 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1223 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11191 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.6204 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11190 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000797k. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.