M3.6 earthquake 86 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 86 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Fri, Jun 14, 1996, 10:42 PM HADT (07:42 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 87 km S 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
- 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-15 07:42:42 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.220° N, 175.952° 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: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.784 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.7121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.873 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.055 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.292 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.275 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.980 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.690 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.288 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11045 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11040 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11040 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.995 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.496 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.382 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.893 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 11031 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0182 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11028 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11025 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11023 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11023 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11007 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 3.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.845 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.273 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.855 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.9103 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.059 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.068 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.671 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.686 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.678 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.893 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2105 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.858 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.764 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.450 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11068 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
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