M3.6 earthquake 284 km W of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 284 km W of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jun 9, 1998, 12:50 PM GMT+12 (00:50 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 Rat 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
- 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1998-06-09 00:50:45 UTC
- Depth
- 60.6 km (37.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.931° N, 179.236° E
- 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2278 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10339 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1274 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 10339 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.4Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10333 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10328 days ago · 133 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10325 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10313 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.8268 km W of Adak, Alaska · 10304 days ago · 100 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 10303 days ago · 135 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0008pkc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.