M4.2 earthquake 75 km S of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 75 km S of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jun 20, 1996, 1:48 AM HADT (10:48 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 59 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-20 10:48:46 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.204° N, 176.842° 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: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.980 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.0132 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.690 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.589 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11048 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.288 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.047 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11042 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11030 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11028 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.995 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11026 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.496 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11025 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.382 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11024 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11023 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11018 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11017 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 10999 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10994 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 3.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.883 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.2100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.595 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.292 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.1126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.7118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.055 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.873 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
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