M3.9 earthquake 79 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 79 km S of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jun 15, 1996, 8:15 AM HADT (17:15 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 101 km SW 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
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-15 17:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.163° N, 176.492° 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 170 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.055 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.7118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11064 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.292 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11063 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.595 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11062 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.883 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.275 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.980 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.690 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.589 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.288 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.047 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11048 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11043 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11043 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11042 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11038 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.995 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.496 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.382 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11026 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11024 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11024 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11008 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.873 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.7121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.784 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11065 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.686 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.845 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.273 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11066 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.983 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.855 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.9103 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.059 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.775 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 11067 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
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