M3.8 earthquake 215 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 215 km SSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jun 16, 1996, 3:09 PM HADT (00:09 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 131 km SSW 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-17 00:09:14 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.022° N, 177.555° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.4198 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11012 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.7118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.7121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.8121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4170 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2151 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8122 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.9171 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11061 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007jvp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.