Alaska earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 33 km SE of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Sun, Nov 24, 1996, 1:54 PM HAST (23:54 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1996-11-24 23:54:04 UTC
Depth
48.4 km (30.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.699° N, 176.247° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) on Adak and at Atka Village.

From the USGS event page for usp0007th0. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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How well it is located

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.991 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 10891 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 5.4Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10888 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.561 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10888 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.862 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.860 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.656 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.761 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.459 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.348 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10887 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.958 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 4.365 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 4.659 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.558 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10886 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 3.866 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10885 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 3.156 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10885 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.557 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10885 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 4.562 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10885 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 4.762 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10885 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 4.552 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10885 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.161 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10881 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 4.726 km ESE of Adak, Alaska · 10878 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 4.246 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 10868 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 3.257 km S of Adak, Alaska · 10867 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 3.747 km NE of Adak, Alaska · 10866 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 4.347 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10861 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.661 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10922 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.5108 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 10928 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 5.285 km E of Adak, Alaska · 10930 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.680 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10932 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007th0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:59 AM UTC.