M3.7 earthquake 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Jun 16, 1996, 4:19 PM HADT (01:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 126 km WSW 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
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-17 01:19:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.492° N, 178.823° 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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 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 · 70 km away
- 4.2100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4135 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.883 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2173 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.589 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11049 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3147 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11047 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.9139 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11045 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0202 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11028 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11026 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11026 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11022 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11020 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.8182 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11020 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11020 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.7206 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11019 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11017 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5197 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.0145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10998 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 5.3131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.9118 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.899 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4155 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.9203 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.983 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11057 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.1138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5104 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2103 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.8107 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11058 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2110 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.4122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.783 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5104 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11059 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.5123 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.8120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7100 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.5Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11060 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
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