Alaska earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 198 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Jun 25, 2016, 11:34 PM HADT (08:34 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 269 km W of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-26 08:34:44 UTC
Depth
76.4 km (47.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.492° N, 179.439° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.0mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.077 · 45 stations
4.0mb, body-waveAlaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 7.2 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Stations used
36

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 178.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005z4l (also filed as ak13705849, ak01686immjj). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.