Alaska earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, May 7, 1996, 4:27 AM HADT (13:27 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.9 77 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, May 7, 1996, 4:27 AM HADT
UTC: 1996-05-07 13:27:36 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 51.581° N, 178.313° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 56 stations
4.7	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 137.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007h2j (also filed as ak9965vwox7x). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC.