M3.8 earthquake 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jun 12, 1996, 3:48 AM HADT (12:48 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 78 km SSE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-12 12:48:24 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.065° N, 176.291° 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.678 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.686 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.068 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.8121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.059 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9103 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11070 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.855 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11069 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11069 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.273 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11069 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.845 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11069 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11069 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.686 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.784 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.7121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.873 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.055 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.7118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.292 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.275 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.980 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.690 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.288 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.0101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11049 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11045 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 4.2105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11071 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.450 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.758 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.159 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.079 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.581 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.377 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.272 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.669 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.540 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.572 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.086 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.8103 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.873 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.968 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.031 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.866 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11072 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
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