M4.3 earthquake 56 km SE of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 56 km SE of Adak, Alaska on Mon, Feb 10, 1997, 9:04 PM HAST (07:04 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 60 km SE of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-02-11 07:04:11 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.490° N, 176.094° 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.460 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 10824 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.192 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10815 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.083 km SE of Adak, Alaska · 10802 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.242 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10798 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.182 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 10796 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.456 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 10795 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.037 km NNE of Adak, Alaska · 10790 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0007x2p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC.