M3.7 earthquake 118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jun 16, 1996, 7:37 AM HADT (16:37 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-16 16:37:53 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.899° N, 177.316° 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: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.8215 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.292 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.595 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.883 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.275 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.980 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.589 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11049 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11048 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.288 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11043 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.0101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.0187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11036 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11028 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.995 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11025 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.496 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11025 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.382 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11023 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11022 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11020 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11017 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11017 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 10998 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10998 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 5.055 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.7121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.784 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.771 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.667 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.764 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.9101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.845 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.273 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.471 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.983 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.9103 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
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