- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 17, 1958 CE
- Location:
- 83 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
- Magnitude:
- 5.85 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.85
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.02
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.32
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.76
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.96
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.75
Other earthquake records of 1958 CE
- Iran, Firuzabad · Mw 6.7 · 132 deaths
- Colombia-Ecuador · Mw 7.6 · 115 deaths
- Peru, Arequipa · Mw 7 · 28 deaths
- Iran · Ms 5.2 · 16 deaths
- Indonesia, Java: Malang · Ms 6.7 · 8 deaths
- Chile-Argentina · Ms 6.8 · 7 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.9 - 83 km SSE of Adak, Alaska (1958 CE) happen?
- August 17, 1958 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.