M4.0 earthquake 74 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 74 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 15, 1996, 7:36 PM HADT (04:36 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-07-16 04:36:38 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.478° N, 177.503° 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.496 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11037 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.382 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11035 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11034 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.7133 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11033 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.291 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11032 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11030 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11029 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.157 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11027 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.7145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11013 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0145 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11013 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11013 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.064 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 11011 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11010 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.364 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11006 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 6.0Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 11004 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.3129 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11002 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.2126 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11001 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.261 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11000 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.595 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 10998 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.138 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 10997 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.552 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10996 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.268 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10996 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.064 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10995 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4127 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 10993 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3162 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10993 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.163 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10992 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.5117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10991 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.279 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10990 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.133 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 10983 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.1131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10978 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.3171 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11038 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.995 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.187 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11039 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.2101 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11040 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.089 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11041 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.290 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11042 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.690 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.8101 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.092 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11044 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.997 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11045 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.9117 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.096 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11046 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.549 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11049 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.0101 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 11051 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.992 km S of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 11053 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.047 km W of Adak, Alaska · 11054 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
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