M3.9 earthquake 80 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 80 km SSE of Adak, Alaska on Thu, Jun 20, 1996, 5:47 AM HADT (14:47 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 104 km S 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-06-20 14:47:52 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.167° N, 176.384° 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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 165 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1104 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.359 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.956 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.690 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11050 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11048 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.288 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 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 · 95 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.0101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.995 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11026 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.496 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11025 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.382 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11024 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11023 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11017 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.2Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11015 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 10999 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10994 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.276 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.275 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.799 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.163 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11052 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.9131 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.564 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.292 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.7118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.055 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.772 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.266 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11055 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.870 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.979 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.274 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.873 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.7121 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.784 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11056 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
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